2 Kings 14:16:32 Kgs.14.16.W3TAB
עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו
imavotaiv
“with his fathers”
- Transliteration
- im-a-VO-taiv
- Extended
- ihm-ah-VOH-taiv
- IPA
- /ʕim.ʔăvoːˈtaːw/
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-taiv
- clause
va-yish-KAV ye-ho-ASH im-a-VO-taiv va-yik-KA-VER be-SHO-mer-ron IM mal-KHEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yish-KAV ye-ho-ASH im-a-VO-taiv va-yik-KA-VER be-SHO-mer-ron IM mal-KHEI yis-ra-EL va-yim-LOKH ya-ra-VAM be-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The idiom im avotav {עִם־אֲבֹתָיו | ʿim-āvoṯāw} euphemizes death by placing the king with his predecessors.
Root and etymology
’-baleph–bet
“father, ancestor”
In context — 2 Kings 14:16
And Jehoash lay down with his fathers and was buried in Samaria among the kings of Israel. Then Jeroboam his son assumed the kingship in his place .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 14:16, so the Hebrew word עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו (imavotaiv) 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.14.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.16.W3.S1) and character.