1 Samuel 20:34:151 Sam.20.34.W15TAB
אָבִֽיו׃
aviv
“his father”
- Transliteration
- a-VIV
- Extended
- aa-VEEV
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈviːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- his 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-VIV
- clause
LE-khem KI ne-e-TSAV el-da-VID KI hi-khe-li-MO a-VIV
- sentence
va-ya-KAM ye-ho-NA-tan me-IM ha-shu-le-KHAN ba-kha-ri-OF ve-lo-a-KHAL be-YOM-ha-KHO-desh ha-she-NI LE-khem KI ne-e-TSAV el-da-VID KI hi-khe-li-MO a-VIV
Exegesis
The causal clause lemaan asher nikkar beaviv {לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר נִכְעַר בְּאָבִיו | lə-maʿan ʾă-šer nikkāʿar bə-ʾā-vîw} “for that he was grieved by his father” employs the Niphal perfect to convey Jonathan’s passive emotional response. The Hebrew ordering preserves the linkage between emotional motive and resulting behavior.
Root and etymology
ʾ-b-yaleph–bet–yod
“father”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:34
And Jonathan rose from the table in fierce anger, and on the second day he did not eat because he was grieved for David and because his father had disgraced him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:34:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Samuel 20:34, so the Hebrew word אָבִֽיו׃ (aviv) 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.20.34.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.34.W15.S1) and character.