2 Chronicles 17:3:82 Chr.17.3.W8TAB
אָבִיו֙
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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Word in context
- word
a-VIV
- phraseyour reading level
da-VID a-VIV
- clause
KI ha-LAKH be-dar-KHEI da-VID a-VIV ha-ri-sho-NIM ve-LO da-RASH la-be-a-LIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI Ye-ho-VAH im-ye-ho-sha-FAT KI ha-LAKH be-dar-KHEI da-VID a-VIV ha-ri-sho-NIM ve-LO da-RASH la-be-a-LIM
Exegesis
The perfect verb hālaḵ {הָלַךְ | hā·lăḵ} with the prepositional noun phrase bə·darkê Dāwîḏ ’āḇîw hā·rišŏ·nîm {בְּדַרְכֵי דָּוִד אָבִיו הָרִאשֹׁנִים} forms a temporal-causal sequence highlighting adherence to ancestral precedent.
In context — 2 Chronicles 17:3
And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the former ways of David his father and did not seek out the Baals .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 17:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 17:3, so the Hebrew word אָבִיו֙ (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 2 Chr.17.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.3.W8.S1) and character.