2 Chronicles 20:7:132 Chr.20.7.W13TAB
אַבְרָהָ֥ם
avraham
“Abraham”
- Transliteration
- av-ra-HAM
- Extended
- ahv-rah-HAAM
- IPA
- /ʔav.raːˈhaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Abraham
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
av-ra-HAM
- phraseyour reading level
av-ra-HAM o-hav-KHA
- clause
va-tit-NA le-ZE-ra av-ra-HAM o-hav-KHA le-o-LAM
- sentence
ha-LO a-TA e-lo-HE-nu ho-rash-TA ET-yo-she-VE ha-A-rets ha-ZOT mi-lif-NE am-me-KHA yis-ra-EL va-tit-NA le-ZE-ra av-ra-HAM o-hav-KHA le-o-LAM
Exegesis
A vav-consecutive imperfect vatittenah {וַתִּתְּנָהּ | wat-tit-tən-nah} ‘and you gave it’ introduces the grant via the infinitive construct lezera Avraham {לְזֶרַע אַבְרָהָם | le-zē-rāʿ ʾav-rä-hām} ‘to the seed of Abraham’.
Root and etymology
ʾ-baleph–bet
“father, ancestor”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:7
Is it not You, our God , who drove out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel, and gave it to the descendants of Abraham, Your friend, forever?
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:7:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Chronicles 20:7, so the Hebrew word אַבְרָהָ֥ם (avraham) 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.20.7.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.7.W13.S1) and character.