1 Kings 15:3:131 Kgs.15.3.W13TAB
אָבִֽיו׃
aviv
“his father”
- Transliteration
- a-VIV
- Extended
- aa-VEEV
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈviːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- his father
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
a-VIV
- phraseyour reading level
da-VID a-VIV
- clause
ve-lo-ha-YA le-va-VO sha-LEM im-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV kil-VAV da-VID a-VIV
- sentence
va-YE-lekh be-KHOL-kha-to-OT a-VIV a-sher-a-SA le-fa-NAV ve-lo-ha-YA le-va-VO sha-LEM im-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV kil-VAV da-VID a-VIV
Exegesis
The construct chain b’khol ḥattō’ōt ’ă-vîw {בְּכָל־חַטֹּאות אָבִ֖יו | bə-ḵol-ḥat-tō’ōt-’ā-vîw} ‘in all the sins of his father’ employs a construct linkage to tie the scope of transgressions directly to the patriarch.
The comparative clause kî-lə-ḇab Dā-wîḏ ’ā-vîw {כִּלְבַ֖ב דָּוִ֥ד אָבִֽיו | kî-lə-ḇab Dā-wîḏ ’ā-vîw} ‘like the heart of David his father’ uses kî to present David’s unwavering loyalty as the normative paradigm. The English rendering preserves the sequential action and restructures the construct and comparative elements into idiomatic flow.
Root and etymology
ʾ-valeph–bet
“father”
In context — 1 Kings 15:3
He kept to all the sins his father had practiced before him, and his heart was not whole with the LORD his God , unlike the heart of David his father.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:3:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 15:3, so the Hebrew word אָבִֽיו׃ (aviv) 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.15.3.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.3.W13.S1) and character.