2 Chronicles 19:4:142 Chr.19.4.W14TAB
אֲבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃
avotehem
“their fathers”
- Transliteration
- a-vo-te-HEM
- Extended
- ah-voh-teh-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʔɛloːˈheː/
Meaning by language
- English
- their fathers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-vo-te-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
e-lo-HE a-vo-te-HEM
- clause
va-ya-SHAV va-ye-TSI va-AM mib-be-ER SHE-va ad-HAHR ef-ra-YIM va-ye-shi-VEM el-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-te-HEM
- sentence
va-ye-SHEV ye-ho-sha-FAT bi-ru-sha-LA-im va-ya-SHAV va-ye-TSI va-AM mib-be-ER SHE-va ad-HAHR ef-ra-YIM va-ye-shi-VEM el-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-te-HEM
Exegesis
The goal clause ʾel-yəhōwāh ʾĕlōhêy ʾăḇōtêhem {אֶל־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם | ʾel-YHWH ʾĕlōhêy ʾăḇōtêhem} centers divine authority and ancestral tradition. The English preserves the Hebrew sequence and causal emphasis, culminating in a theological climax.
Root and etymology
ʾ-baleph–bet
“father”
In context — 2 Chronicles 19:4
While Jehoshaphat stayed in Jerusalem, he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, turning them back to the LORD , the God of their ancestors.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 19:4:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Chronicles 19:4, so the Hebrew word אֲבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ (avotehem) 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.19.4.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.19.4.W14.S1) and character.