1 Kings 19:20:81 Kgs.19.20.W8TAB
לְאָבִ֣י
leavi
“to my father”
- Transliteration
- le-a-VI
- Extended
- leh-aa-VEE
- IPA
- /ləʔaːˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to my father
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 |
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Word in context
- word
le-a-VI
- phraseyour reading level
le-a-VI u-le-i-MI
- clause
va-ya-ZOV ET-ha-ba-KAR va-YA-rats a-kha-RE e-li-YA-hu va-YO-mer e-SHE-ka-NA le-a-VI u-le-i-MI ve-el-kha a-kha-RE-kha
- sentence
va-ya-ZOV ET-ha-ba-KAR va-YA-rats a-kha-RE e-li-YA-hu va-YO-mer e-SHE-ka-NA le-a-VI u-le-i-MI ve-el-kha a-kha-RE-kha va-YO-mer LO LEKH SHUV KI ME-a-SI-ti LAKH
In context — 1 Kings 19:20
And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah. Then he said, “Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will go after you.” And he said to him, “Go back, for what have I done to you?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 19:20, so the Hebrew word לְאָבִ֣י (leavi) 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.19.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.20.W8.S1) and character.