2 Kings 20:21:32 Kgs.20.21.W3TAB
עִם־אֲבֹתָ֑יו
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 khiz-ki-YA-hu im-a-vo-TAV
- sentence
va-yish-KAV khiz-ki-YA-hu im-a-vo-TAV va-yim-LOKH me-na-SHE ve-NO ta-KHTAV
Exegesis
The first clause features vayishkav {וַיִּשְׁכַּב | wayyiškab} ‘and he lay down’ followed by the circumstantial phrase im-avotav {עִם־אֲבֹתָיו | ʿim-ʾăbōṯāyw} ‘with his fathers’, a biblical euphemism for death.
Root and etymology
baleph–beth
“father, ancestor”
In context — 2 Kings 20:21
Then Hezekiah lay down with his fathers, and his son Menasheh became king in his place.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 20:21, so the Hebrew word עִם־אֲבֹתָ֑יו (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.20.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.21.W3.S1) and character.