2 Chronicles 12:16:32 Chr.12.16.W3TAB
עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו
imavotav
“with his fathers”
- Transliteration
- IM-a-vo-TAV
- Extended
- ihm-ah-voh-TAAV
- IPA
- /ʕim.ʔăvoˈtaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- with his fathers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
IM-a-vo-TAV
- clause
va-yish-KAV re-kha-VAM IM-a-vo-TAV va-yik-ka-VER be-IR da-VID
- sentence
va-yish-KAV re-kha-VAM IM-a-vo-TAV va-yik-ka-VER be-IR da-VID va-yim-LOKH a-vi-YA ve-NO ta-khe-TAV
Exegesis
The construct im-avotav {עִם־אֲבֹתָיו | ‘im-’ăvôtāv} 'with his fathers' expresses ancestral union in death.
Root and etymology
RootAleph-Bet
“father”
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:16
And Rehoboam lay down with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. And Abijah his son became king in his place .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 12:16, so the Hebrew word עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו (imavotav) 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 2 Chr.12.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.16.W3.S1) and character.