2 Kings 17:13:192 Kgs.17.13.W19TAB
אֶת־אֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם
etavotekhem
“your fathers”
- Transliteration
- et-a-vo-te-KHEM
- Extended
- eht-ah-voh-tee-KHEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʔăvoːθeːˈχɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- your fathers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-a-vo-te-KHEM
- clause
va-ya-AD ye-ho-VAH be-yis-ra-EL u-vi-hu-DA be-YAD KAL-ne-vi-A-v ne-vi-E khol-kho-ZE le-MOR shu-VU mi-dar-khe-KHEM ha-ra-IM ve-shim-RU mits-vo-TAY khu-kko-TAY ke-khol-ha-to-RA a-SHER tsi-vi-TI et-a-vo-te-KHEM
- sentence
va-ya-AD ye-ho-VAH be-yis-ra-EL u-vi-hu-DA be-YAD KAL-ne-vi-A-v ne-vi-E khol-kho-ZE le-MOR shu-VU mi-dar-khe-KHEM ha-ra-IM ve-shim-RU mits-vo-TAY khu-kko-TAY ke-khol-ha-to-RA a-SHER tsi-vi-TI et-a-vo-te-KHEM va-a-SHER sha-lakh-TI a-le-KHEM be-YAD a-va-DAY han-ne-vi-IM
Exegesis
The relative clauses kekhol-hatorah asher tsiviti et-avoteikhem and ve-asher shalakḥti aleikhem {כְּכָל־הַתּוֹרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר צִוִּ֖יתִי אֶת־אֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם וַאֲשֶׁר שָׁלַ֣חְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם | kə-kōl-hattôrāh ’ă-šer ṣivîṯî ’et-’ā-ḇōṯê-khem wə-’ăšer šalakḥtî ’ă-lêy-khem} link past legal commands with the current prophetic commission in a chiastic structure, emphasizing continuity.
In context — 2 Kings 17:13
And the LORD warned Israel and Judah through all His prophets and every seer, saying, “Turn back from your evil ways and keep my commandments and my statutes , according to all the law which I commanded your fathers and which I sent to you through my servants the prophets.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:13:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 2 Kings 17:13, so the Hebrew word אֶת־אֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם (etavotekhem) 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.17.13.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.13.W19.S1) and character.