1 Kings 15:24:51 Kgs.15.24.W5TAB
עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו
imavotav
“with his fathers”
- Transliteration
- im-a-VO-tav
- Extended
- ihm-ah-voh-TAAV
- IPA
- /ʕim.ʔăvoːˈtav/
Meaning by language
- English
- with his fathers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-a-VO-tav
- clause
va-yish-KAV a-SA im-a-VO-tav va-yik-ka-VER im-a-VO-tav be-IR da-VID a-VIV
- sentence
va-yish-KAV a-SA im-a-VO-tav va-yik-ka-VER im-a-VO-tav be-IR da-VID a-VIV va-yim-LOKH ye-ho-sha-FAT be-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The first uses wayyiškav {וַיִּשְׁכַּב | wayyiškav} ‘lie down’ as an idiom for death, paired with ʿim-āwāṯāw {עִם־אֲבֹתָיו | ʿim-āwāṯāw} ‘with his fathers’ to frame dynastic burial.
Root and etymology
ʾ-valeph–bet
“father”
In context — 1 Kings 15:24
Asa lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; then Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 15:24, so the Hebrew word עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו (imavotav) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.15.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.24.W5.S1) and character.