2 Kings 13:14:152 Kgs.13.14.W15TAB
אָבִ֔י
avi
“my father”
- Transliteration
- a-VI
- Extended
- ah-VEE
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my father
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-VI
- phraseyour reading level
a-VI a-VI
- clause
va-ye-RED e-LAV yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL va-YEVK al-pa-NAV va-yo-MAR a-VI a-VI RE-khev yis-ra-EL u-fa-ra-SHAV
- sentence
veh-eh-lee-SHAA kha-LAA et-kha-le-YOH ah-SHER yah-MOOT BO va-ye-RED e-LAV yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL va-YEVK al-pa-NAV va-yo-MAR a-VI a-VI RE-khev yis-ra-EL u-fa-ra-SHAV
Exegesis
The speech formula in vayyomar {וַיֹּאמַ֔ר | wə-yō-mar} ‘and he said’ introduces the doubled vocative avi avi {אָבִ֣י אָבִ֔י | ʼā-vî ʼā-vî} ‘My father, my father’, emphasizing Elisha’s spiritual authority.
Root and etymology
baleph–bet
“father”
In context — 2 Kings 13:14
And Elisha became ill with the sickness that would lead to his death; then Joash, king of Israel, went down to him, wept over his face and said, “My father , my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:14:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Kings 13:14, so the Hebrew word אָבִ֔י (avi) 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 Kgs.13.14.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.14.W15.S1) and character.