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

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Result
אָ + בִ֖י
a + vi
avi

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-VI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-KHAR a-VI

  3. clause

    va-yo-MER yo-na-TAN a-KHAR a-VI et-ha-A-rets

  4. 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 context1 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.