2 Chronicles 24:18:52 Chr.24.18.W5TAB
אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֔ם
avotehem
“their fathers”
- Transliteration
- a-vo-te-HEM
- Extended
- ah-voh-teh-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʔăvoːtɛːˈhɛm/
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-az-VU ET-BET ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-te-HEM va-ya-av-DU ET-ha-a-she-RIM ve-ET-ha-a-tsa-BIM
- sentence
va-ya-az-VU ET-BET ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-te-HEM va-ya-av-DU ET-ha-a-she-RIM ve-ET-ha-a-tsa-BIM va-ye-HI-KE-tsef al-ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-yim be-ash-ma-TAM ZOT
Exegesis
The title Elohei avoteihem {אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֔ם | ʾĕlōhê ʾăvōtēhem} ‘God of their fathers’ underscores the broken ancestral covenant.
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:18
And they forsook the house of the LORD , the God of their fathers, and they served the Asherim and the idols. Then wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem because of their guilt .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 24:18, so the Hebrew word אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֔ם (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.24.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.18.W5.S1) and character.