2 Kings 14:20:62 Kgs.14.20.W6TAB
עִם־אֲבֹתָ֖יו
imavotav
“with his fathers”
- Transliteration
- im-a-vo-TAV
- Extended
- ihm-ah-voh-TAV
- IPA
- /ʕim.ʔăvoːˈtɔːv/
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-ka-VER bi-ru-sha-LA-im im-a-vo-TAV be-IR DA-vid
- sentence
va-yis-E-u o-TO al-ha-su-SIM va-yik-ka-VER bi-ru-sha-LA-im im-a-vo-TAV be-IR DA-vid
Exegesis
The stacked locatives birushalaim {בִּירוּשָׁלַ֛͏ִם | bî-rûšālōyim} ‘in Jerusalem’, immavotav {עִם־אֲבֹתָ֖יו | ʿimm-ʾăvōṯāw} ‘with his fathers’, and the construct chain beir {בְּעִ֥יר | bə-ʾîr} ‘in the city’ + david {דָּוִֽד | dāwîḏ} create a layered geographical and dynastic frame for the burial.
Root and etymology
“father; ancestor”
In context — 2 Kings 14:20
And they carried him on the horses and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 14:20, 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 Kgs.14.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.20.W6.S1) and character.