1 Samuel 20:12:81 Sam.20.12.W8TAB
אֶת־אָבִ֗י
etavi
“my father”
- Transliteration
- et-a-VI
- Extended
- eht-aa-VEE
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʔaːˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my father
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-a-VI
- phraseyour reading level
ki-ekh-KOR et-a-VI
- clause
va-YO-mer ye-ho-NA-tan el-da-VID ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI yis-ra-EL ki-ekh-KOR et-a-VI ka-ET ma-KHAR ha-she-li-SHIT ve-hin-NE-TOB el-da-VID ve-LO-AZ
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-ho-NA-tan el-da-VID ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI yis-ra-EL ki-ekh-KOR et-a-VI ka-ET ma-KHAR ha-she-li-SHIT ve-hin-NE-TOB el-da-VID ve-LO-AZ esh-LAKH e-LE-kha ve-ga-LI-ti et-oz-NE-kha
Exegesis
A temporal relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | asher} uses the infinitive construct beshuvi {בְּשׁוּבִי | beshuvi} ‘at my return’ with the suffix et-avi {אֶת־אָבִי | et-avi} ‘my father’.
Root and etymology
ʾ-b-yaleph–bet–yod
“father”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:12
And Jonathan said to David, “The LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded out my father about this time tomorrow or on the third day, behold, if he is good toward David, shall I not then send word to you and make it known to you?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 20:12, so the Hebrew word אֶת־אָבִ֗י (etavi) 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.20.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.12.W8.S1) and character.