2 Kings 21:22:42 Kgs.21.22.W4TAB
אֲבֹתָ֑יו
avotav
“his fathers”
- Transliteration
- a-vo-TAV
- Extended
- ah-voh-TAAV
- IPA
- /ʔăvoːˈtaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- his fathers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
a-vo-TAV
- phraseyour reading level
e-lo-HEI a-vo-TAV
- clause
va-ya-a-ZOV et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI a-vo-TAV
- sentence
va-ya-a-ZOV et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI a-vo-TAV ve-LO ha-LAKH be-DE-rekh ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The construct phrase elohei avotav {אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתָיו | ʾĕlōhē ʾăbōṯāyw} ‘God of his fathers’ highlights ancestral covenant context.
Root and etymology
ʾ-b
“father, ancestor”
In context — 2 Kings 21:22
And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers , and did not walk in the way of the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 21:22, so the Hebrew word אֲבֹתָ֑יו (avotav) 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.21.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.22.W4.S1) and character.