אֲבִיָּ֑הוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲבִיָּ֑הוּ

   a-vi-YA-hu

   Abijah
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בִּימֵ֣י אֲבִיָּ֑הוּ

   bi-ME a-vi-YA-hu

   in the days of Abijah
3. clause🔊 וְלֹֽא־עָצַ֧ר כֹּֽחַ־יָרָבְעָ֛ם ע֖וֹד בִּימֵ֣י אֲבִיָּ֑הוּ

   ve-LO-A-tsar KO-akh-ya-ra-VE-am OD bi-ME a-vi-YA-hu

   and he did not restrain or hold back the strength of Jeroboam again or still in the days of Abijah
4. sentence🔊 וְלֹֽא־עָצַ֧ר כֹּֽחַ־יָרָבְעָ֛ם ע֖וֹד בִּימֵ֣י אֲבִיָּ֑הוּ וַיִּגְּפֵ֥הוּ יְהוָ֖ה וַיָּמֹֽת׃

   ve-LO-A-tsar KO-akh-ya-ra-VE-am OD bi-ME a-vi-YA-hu va-yig-GE-hu ye-ho-VAH va-YA-mot

   and he did not restrain or hold back the strength of Jeroboam again or still in the days of Abijah and he struck him the LORD and he died

Exegesis

The temporal frame bimey aviyahu {בִּימֵ֣י אֲבִיָּ֑הוּ | bî-mê ʾă-ḇî-yā-hû} anchors the report within Abijah’s reign.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 א־ב־יaleph–bet–yod

“father is Yah”