2 Kings 14:6:162 Kgs.14.6.W16TAB
עַל־אָב֔וֹת
alavot
“because of fathers”
- Transliteration
- al-a-VOT
- Extended
- ahl-aa-VOHT
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʔaːˈvoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- because of fathers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
al-a-VOT
- phraseyour reading level
LO-yu-me-TU al-a-VOT
- clause
ka-ka-TUV be-SE-fer to-RAT-mo-SHE a-SHER-tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH le-MOR LO-yu-me-TU a-VOT al-ba-NIM u-va-NIM LO-yu-me-TU al-a-VOT KI im-ISH be-khe-TO ya-MUT yu-MAT
- sentence
ve-ET-be-NEI ha-ma-KIM LO he-MIT ka-ka-TUV be-SE-fer to-RAT-mo-SHE a-SHER-tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH le-MOR LO-yu-me-TU a-VOT al-ba-NIM u-va-NIM LO-yu-me-TU al-a-VOT KI im-ISH be-khe-TO ya-MUT yu-MAT
Exegesis
The negation lo {לֹא | lō} directly governs hemith {הֵמִית | hēmît} ‘he put to death’, forming a decisive denial of retaliatory practice.
Root and etymology
’-baleph–bet
“father, ancestor”
In context — 2 Kings 14:6
But the sons of the killers he did not put to death, as written in the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD commanded, saying, “Fathers shall not be put to death for sons, and sons shall not be put to death for fathers; but a man, for his own sin, shall die; he shall be put to death.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:6:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Kings 14:6, so the Hebrew word עַל־אָב֔וֹת (alavot) 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.14.6.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.6.W16.S1) and character.