דָּוִ֔יד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 דָּוִ֔יד

   da-VID

   David
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֔יד

   be-IR da-VID

   in the city of David
3. clause🔊 וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ב אֲבִיָּ֜ה עִם־אֲבֹתָ֗יו וַיִּקְבְּר֤וּ אֹת֙וֹ֙ בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֔יד וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אָסָ֥א בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּ֑יו

   va-yish-KAV a-vi-YA im-a-VO-taiv va-yik-be-RU o-TO be-IR da-VID va-yim-LOKH a-SA ve-NO ta-KHTAIV

   and he lay down or slept Abijah with his fathers and they buried him in the city of David and he reigned Asa his son in his place or under him
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ב אֲבִיָּ֜ה עִם־אֲבֹתָ֗יו וַיִּקְבְּר֤וּ אֹת֙וֹ֙ בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֔יד וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אָסָ֥א בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּ֑יו בְּיָמָ֛יו שָׁקְטָ֥ה הָאָ֖רֶץ עֶ֥שֶׂר שָׁנִֽים׃

   va-yish-KAV a-vi-YA im-a-VO-taiv va-yik-be-RU o-TO be-IR da-VID va-yim-LOKH a-SA ve-NO ta-KHTAIV be-ya-MAIV shak-TA ha-A-rets E-ser sha-NIM

   and he lay down or slept Abijah with his fathers and they buried him in the city of David and he reigned Asa his son in his place or under him in his days was quiet or had rest the land ten years

Exegesis

The euphemistic construct ʿim-ʾăˈvôtāw {עִם־אֲבוֹתָיו | ʿim-ʾăˈvôtāw} ‘with his fathers’ denotes death and ancestral burial, specifically locating the interment in the royal burial site of dāwîḏ (bəʿîr dāwîḏ {בְּעִיר דָּוִיד | bəʿîr dāwîḏ}).