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

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Result
אָ + בִֽיו׃
a + viv
aviv

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
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-VIV

  2. clause

    LE-khem KI ne-e-TSAV el-da-VID KI hi-khe-li-MO a-VIV

  3. 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 context1 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.