2 Chronicles 21:1:32 Chr.21.1.W3TAB
עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו
imavotav
“with his fathers”
- Transliteration
- im-a-vo-TAV
- Extended
- ihm-ah-voh-TAAV
- IPA
- /ʕim.ʔăvoːˈtav/
Meaning by language
- English
- with his fathers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-a-vo-TAV
- clause
va-yish-KAV ye-ho-sha-FAT im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-ka-VER im-a-vo-TAV be-IR da-VID
- sentence
va-yish-KAV ye-ho-sha-FAT im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-ka-VER im-a-vo-TAV be-IR da-VID va-yim-LOKH ye-ho-RAM be-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The verse employs a royal succession formula with a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs: vayishkav {וַיִּשְׁכַּב | wayyīškaḇ} ‘and he lay down’ as a euphemism for death, followed by vayikkaver {וַיִּקָּבֵר | wayyiqqāḇēr} ‘and he was buried,’ both sharing the prepositional phrase im avotav {עִם־אֲבֹתָיו | ʿim ăḇôṯāyw} ‘with his fathers,’ linking Jehoshaphat to his lineage.
Root and etymology
ʾ-b-t
“father, ancestor”
In context — 2 Chronicles 21:1
Then Jehoshaphat lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David . And Jehoram his son became king in his place.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 21:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 21:1, so the Hebrew word עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו (imavotav) 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.21.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.1.W3.S1) and character.