2 Chronicles 30:7:82 Chr.30.7.W8TAB
אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם
avotehem
“their fathers”
- Transliteration
- a-vo-te-HEM
- Extended
- ah-voh-teh-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʔăvoːteːˈhɛm/
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
ve-al-ti-HYU ka-a-vo-te-KHEM ve-kha-a-khe-KHEM a-SHER ma-a-LU ba-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-te-HEM
- sentence
ve-al-ti-HYU ka-a-vo-te-KHEM ve-kha-a-khe-KHEM a-SHER ma-a-LU ba-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-te-HEM va-yit-neM le-sha-MA ka-a-SHER a-TEM ro-IM
Exegesis
The construct chain ʾĕlōhê ăvōṯê-hem {אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם | ʾĕlōhê ăvōṯê-hem} links “God of their fathers,” highlighting ancestral covenant ties.
In context — 2 Chronicles 30:7
Do not be like your fathers or your brothers who trespassed against the LORD , the God of their fathers, and He gave them over to desolation , just as you are seeing.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 30:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 30:7, so the Hebrew word אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם (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.30.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.30.7.W8.S1) and character.