2 Kings 14:29:32 Kgs.14.29.W3TAB
עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו
imavotav
“with his fathers”
- Transliteration
- im-a-VO-tav
- Extended
- ihm-ah-VOH-taav
- IPA
- /ʕim.ʔăvoˈtaːv/
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-yish-KAV ya-ra-VE-am im-a-VO-tav IM mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yish-KAV ya-ra-VE-am im-a-VO-tav IM mal-KHE yis-ra-EL va-yim-LOKH ze-khar-YA ve-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase im avotav {עִם־אֲבֹתָיו | ʿim-ʼă-vō-ṯā-v} ‘with his fathers’ aligns the deceased king with his predecessors.
Root and etymology
’-baleph–bet
“father, ancestor”
In context — 2 Kings 14:29
And Jeroboam lay down with his fathers, among the kings of Israel; and his son Zechariah reigned in his place.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 14:29, so the Hebrew word עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו (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.14.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.29.W3.S1) and character.