2 Kings 21:18:32 Kgs.21.18.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-KHAV me-na-SHE im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-ka-VER be-gan-BE-to be-gan-u-ZA
- sentence
va-yish-KHAV me-na-SHE im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-ka-VER be-gan-BE-to be-gan-u-ZA va-yim-LOKH a-MON be-NO ta-KHTAV
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase im-avotav {עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו | im-avotav | ʼim-ʼāwōṯāw} indicates burial “with his fathers.”
Root and etymology
ʾ-b
“father, ancestor”
In context — 2 Kings 21:18
Manasseh lay down with his fathers, and he was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza. Then his son Amon reigned in his place.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 21:18, 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.21.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.18.W3.S1) and character.