2 Chronicles 20:6:42 Chr.20.6.W4TAB
אֲבֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙
avotenu
“our fathers”
- Transliteration
- a-vo-TE-nu
- Extended
- ah-voh-TEE-noo
- IPA
- /ʔăvoˈteːnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- our 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-vo-TE-nu
- phraseyour reading level
e-lo-HE a-vo-TE-nu
- clause
va-yo-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-TE-nu ha-LO a-TA-HU e-lo-HIM ba-sha-MA-yim ve-a-TA mo-SHEL be-KHOL mam-le-KHOT ha-go-YIM
- sentence
va-yo-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-TE-nu ha-LO a-TA-HU e-lo-HIM ba-sha-MA-yim ve-a-TA mo-SHEL be-KHOL mam-le-KHOT ha-go-YIM u-ve-yad-KHA KO-akh u-ge-vu-RA ve-EN im-me-KHA le-hit-ya-TSEV
Exegesis
It immediately addresses God using the construct elohei avoteinu {אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתֵינוּ | ʾĕlōhê ʾăvōṯênû} ‘God of our fathers’, linking divine identity to covenant ancestry.
Root and etymology
RootBet–Tav
“daughter”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:6
And he said, “O LORD God of our fathers , are You not He—God in the heavens? And You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. In Your hand are power and might, and none can stand against You.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 20:6, so the Hebrew word אֲבֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙ (avotenu) 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.20.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.6.W4.S1) and character.