2 Chronicles 25:28:52 Chr.25.28.W5TAB
עִם־אֲבֹתָ֖יו
imavotav
“with his fathers”
- Transliteration
- im-a-vo-TAV
- Extended
- ihm-ah-voh-TAAV
- IPA
- /ʕim.ʔăvoːˈtɑːw/
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-yik-be-RU O-to im-a-vo-TAV be-IR ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-yis-SA-u-hu al-ha-su-SIM va-yik-be-RU O-to im-a-vo-TAV be-IR ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The idiom im-avotav {עִם־אֲבֹתָ֖יו | ʿimmāwātāw} ‘with his fathers’ evokes ancestral burial custom.
Root and etymology
ʾ-b
“father, ancestor”
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:28
And they carried him on the horses and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:28:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 25:28, so the Hebrew word עִם־אֲבֹתָ֖יו (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.25.28.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.28.W5.S1) and character.