2 Chronicles 29:6:22 Chr.29.6.W2TAB
אֲבֹתֵ֗ינוּ
avoteinu
“our fathers”
- Transliteration
- a-vo-TEI-nu
- Extended
- ah-voh-TEE-noo
- IPA
- /ʔăvoːˈteːnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- our 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-vo-TEI-nu
- phraseyour reading level
KI-ma-a-LU a-vo-TEI-nu
- clause
KI-ma-a-LU a-vo-TEI-nu ve-a-SU ha-RA be-e-NEI ye-ho-VAH-e-lo-HEI-nu va-ya-za-VU-hu
- sentence
KI-ma-a-LU a-vo-TEI-nu ve-a-SU ha-RA be-e-NEI ye-ho-VAH-e-lo-HEI-nu va-ya-za-VU-hu va-yas-SE- vu pe-ne-HEM mim-mish-KAN ye-ho-VAH va-yit-NE-u-O-ref
Exegesis
The subject avoteinu {אֲבֹתֵינוּ | ’ă·vō·ṯê·nû} ‘our fathers’ precedes the evaluative phrase be'enei YHWH-Eloheinu {בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָֽה־אֱלֹהֵינוּ | bə·‘ê·nê yə·hō·wāh ʾĕ·lō·hê·nû} ‘in the eyes of the LORD our God.’ A series of imperfect verbs (vaya'azvehu, vayassebu, vayittenu) depicts progressive estrangement.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–bet
“father, ancestor”
In context — 2 Chronicles 29:6
For our fathers acted unfaithfully and did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God ; they forsook Him and turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD and gave their back.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 29:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 29:6, so the Hebrew word אֲבֹתֵ֗ינוּ (avoteinu) 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.29.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.29.6.W2.S1) and character.