1 Kings 22:40:31 Kgs.22.40.W3TAB
עִם־אֲבֹתָ֑יו
imavotav
“with his fathers”
- Transliteration
- im-a-VO-tav
- Extended
- ihm-ah-VOH-taav
- IPA
- /ʕim.ʔăvoːˈtaːw/
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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Word in context
- word
im-a-VO-tav
- clause
va-yish-KAV akh-AV im-a-VO-tav
- sentence
va-yish-KAV akh-AV im-a-VO-tav va-yim-LOKH a-khaz-ya-HU ve-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The idiomatic expression ʿim-ʾāw·tāv {עִם־אֲבֹתָיו | ʿim-ʾāw·tāv} ‘with his fathers’ functions as a royal death euphemism. In the second clause the Verb-Subject-Adjunct order (wayyim·lōḵ + ʾaḥaz·yā·hû + bə·nō + ṭaḥ·tā·yw) places emphasis on the immediate succession, with bene ṭaḥ·tā·yw ‘son in his place’ marking dynastic transfer.
Root and etymology
א-ב
“father, ancestor”
In context — 1 Kings 22:40
Ahab lay down with his fathers , and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 22:40:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 22:40, so the Hebrew word עִם־אֲבֹתָ֑יו (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.22.40.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.22.40.W3.S1) and character.