2 Kings 15:7:32 Kgs.15.7.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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Word in context
- word
im-a-vo-TAV
- clause
va-yish-KAV a-zar-ya im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-be-RU o-TO im-a-vo-TAV be-IR da-VID
- sentence
va-yish-KAV a-zar-ya im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-be-RU o-TO im-a-vo-TAV be-IR da-VID va-yim-LOKH yo-TAM be-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The idiomatic expression im avotav {עִם־אֲבֹתָיו | ʿim ʾăvōṯāw} denotes burial among one’s ancestors as a standard funerary formula.
Root and etymology
v
“father”
In context — 2 Kings 15:7
And Azariah lay down with his fathers , and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David . Then Jotham his son became king in his place.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 15:7, 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.15.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.7.W3.S1) and character.