2 Kings 14:21:122 Kgs.14.21.W12TAB
אָבִ֥יו
aviv
“his father”
- Transliteration
- a-VIV
- Extended
- aa-VEEV
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈviːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- his 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-VIV
- phraseyour reading level
a-VIV a-mats-ya-HU
- clause
va-yam-li-KHU o-TO TA-khat a-VIV a-mats-ya-HU
- sentence
va-yik-KHU kol-AM ye-hu-DA et-a-zar-YA ve-HU ben-SHESH e-sre sha-NA va-yam-li-KHU o-TO TA-khat a-VIV a-mats-ya-HU
Exegesis
The following vav-consecutive verb vayyamlikhû {וַיַּמְלִ֣כוּ | vayyamlikhû} ‘and they made king’ takes the object ʾōṯô {אֹת֔וֹ | ʾōṯô} ‘him’ and the prepositional phrase ṭaḥaṯ ʾāḇîw {תַּ֖חַת אָבִ֥יו | ṭaḥaṯ ʾāḇîw} ‘instead of his father’ to indicate succession. The paired vav-consecutive clauses convey immediacy, and the English translation preserves the Hebrew temporal sequencing and causative nuance.
Root and etymology
’-baleph–bet
“father, ancestor”
In context — 2 Kings 14:21
Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, and he was sixteen years old; and they made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:21:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 14:21, so the Hebrew word אָבִ֥יו (aviv) 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.14.21.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.21.W12.S1) and character.