1 Samuel 14:29:41 Sam.14.29.W4TAB
אָבִ֖י
avi
“my father”
- Transliteration
- a-VI
- Extended
- aa-VEE
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-VI
- phraseyour reading level
a-KHAR a-VI
- clause
va-yo-MER yo-na-TAN a-KHAR a-VI et-ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-yo-MER yo-na-TAN a-KHAR a-VI et-ha-A-rets re-U-NA ki-O-ru e-NAI KI ta-AM-ti me-AT de-VASH ha-ZE
Exegesis
The perfect verb achar {עָכַ֥ר | a-khar} predicates completed action by avi {אָבִ֖י | a-vi}, with et {אֶת־ | et} signaling ha’aretz {הָאָ֑רֶץ | ha-ʾa-rets} as its definite object.
Root and etymology
ʾ-baleph–bet
“father”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:29
And Jonathan said, “My father has troubled the land . See now, my eyes have become bright, for I tasted a little of this honey .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 14:29, so the Hebrew word אָבִ֖י (avi) 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 Sam.14.29.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.29.W4.S1) and character.