אֲבֹתָֽיו׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲבֹתָֽיו׃

   a-vo-TAV

   his fathers
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּשְׂרֵפַ֥ת אֲבֹתָֽיו׃

   ki-se-re-FAT a-vo-TAV

   like the burning of his fathers
3. clause🔊 וְלֹא־עָ֨שׂוּ ל֥וֹ עַמּ֛וֹ שְׂרֵפָ֖ה כִּשְׂרֵפַ֥ת אֲבֹתָֽיו׃

   ve-LO-a-SU LO a-MO se-re-FA ki-se-re-FAT a-vo-TAV

   and they did not make for him his people a burning like the burning of his fathers
4. sentence🔊 וַיְהִ֣י לְיָמִ֣ים מִיָּמִ֡ים וּכְעֵת֩ צֵ֨את הַקֵּ֜ץ לְיָמִ֣ים שְׁנַ֗יִם יָצְא֤וּ מֵעָיו֙ עִם־חָלְי֔וֹ וַיָּ֖מָת בְּתַחֲלֻאִ֣ים רָעִ֑ים וְלֹא־עָ֨שׂוּ ל֥וֹ עַמּ֛וֹ שְׂרֵפָ֖ה כִּשְׂרֵפַ֥ת אֲבֹתָֽיו׃

   va-ye-HI le-ya-MIM mi-ya-MIM u-khe-ET TSET ha-KETS le-ya-MIM she-NA-yim ya-TSE-u me-AV im-kha-le-YO va-ya-MAT be-ta-kha-lu-IM ra-IM ve-LO-a-SU LO a-MO se-re-FA ki-se-re-FAT a-vo-TAV

   and it happened after days from days and when the time to go out the end for days two they went out his inward parts with his sickness and he died in sicknesses evil and they did not make for him his people a burning like the burning of his fathers

Exegesis

The final clause velo-asu lo amo serefah kisrefat avotav {וְלֹא־עָשׂוּ ל֥וֹ עַמּוֹ שְׂרֵפָה כִּשְׂרֵפַת אֲבֹתָֽיו | wə-lō-ʿāśû lōw ʿammô śərəp̄â kə-śrēp̄at ʾăbôṯāw} uses a negative perfect to underscore the dishonor of omitting the ancestral funerary practice. The English rendering preserves the Hebrew sequence and clarifies cultural context.

Root and etymology

ʾ-b-t🔊 א־ב־ת

“father, ancestor”

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