2 Kings 22:20:42 Kgs.22.20.W4TAB
עַל־אֲבֹתֶ֗יךָ
alavotekha
“to your fathers”
- Transliteration
- al-a-vo-TE-kha
- Extended
- ahl-ah-voh-TEH-khaa
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʔăvoːˈtɛjχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to your fathers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-a-vo-TE-kha
- clause
la-KHEN hin-NE o-sif-KHA al-a-vo-TE-kha ve-ne-e-saf-TA el-kiv-ro-TE-kha be-sha-LOM ve-lo-tir-E-na e-NE-kha be-KHOL ha-ra-A a-sher-a-NI me-VI al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE
- sentence
la-KHEN hin-NE o-sif-KHA al-a-vo-TE-kha ve-ne-e-saf-TA el-kiv-ro-TE-kha be-sha-LOM ve-lo-tir-E-na e-NE-kha be-KHOL ha-ra-A a-sher-a-NI me-VI al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE va-ya-SHI-vu et-ha-ME-lekh da-VAR
Exegesis
Construct chains ʿal-ʾāvōṯəḵā {עַל־אֲבֹתֶיךָ | ʿal-ʾāvōṯəḵā} and ʾel-qivroṯəḵā {אֶל־קִבְרֹתֶיךָ | ʾel-qivroṯəḵā} define the journey to the fathers and to the graves.
In context — 2 Kings 22:20
Therefore, behold, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your graves in peace . Your eyes will not see all the evil that I am bringing upon this place. And they conveyed the report to the king.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 22:20, so the Hebrew word עַל־אֲבֹתֶ֗יךָ (alavotekha) 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.22.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.20.W4.S1) and character.