2 Kings 21:8:92 Kgs.21.8.W9TAB
לַֽאֲבוֹתָ֑ם
laavotam
“to their fathers”
- Transliteration
- la-a-vo-TAM
- Extended
- lah-ah-voh-TAAM
- IPA
- /laʔăvoːˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to their fathers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
la-a-vo-TAM
- clause
ve-LO o-SIF le-ha-NID RE-gel yis-ra-EL min-ha-a-da-MA a-SHER na-TAT-ti la-a-vo-TAM
- sentence
ve-LO o-SIF le-ha-NID RE-gel yis-ra-EL min-ha-a-da-MA a-SHER na-TAT-ti la-a-vo-TAM RAK im-yish-me-RU la-a-SOT ke-KHOL a-SHER tsi-vi-TIM u-le-khol-ha-to-RA a-sher-tsi-VA o-TAM av-DI mo-SHE
Exegesis
The relative clause asher natati la'avotam {אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לַאֲבוֹתָם | ʼăšer nāṭattî laʼăbôṯām} specifies the patriarchal grant.
Root and etymology
ʾ-b
“father, ancestor”
In context — 2 Kings 21:8
And I will not again cause the foot of Israel to wander from the land that I gave to their fathers, only if they keep doing everything that I commanded them and the entire law that my servant Moses commanded them.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 21:8, so the Hebrew word לַֽאֲבוֹתָ֑ם (laavotam) 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.21.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.8.W9.S1) and character.