2 Samuel 16:3:202 Sam.16.3.W20TAB
אָבִֽי׃
avi
“my father”
- Transliteration
- a-VI
- Extended
- aa-VEE
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my father
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-VI
- phraseyour reading level
mam-le-KHUT a-VI
- clause
va-yo-MER tsi-VA el-ha-ME-lekh hi-NE yo-SHEV bi-ru-sha-LA-yim KI a-MAR ha-YOM ya-shi-VU LI BET yis-ra-EL ET mam-le-KHUT a-VI
- sentence
va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh ve-a-YE ben-a-do-NE-kha va-yo-MER tsi-VA el-ha-ME-lekh hi-NE yo-SHEV bi-ru-sha-LA-yim KI a-MAR ha-YOM ya-shi-VU LI BET yis-ra-EL ET mam-le-KHUT a-VI
Exegesis
The Hiphil imperfect yāšîḇû {יָשִׁ֤יבוּ | yāšîḇû} ‘they will restore’ takes the object chain lī {לִי֙ | lī} ‘to me’ + bêt yiśrāʾēl {בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | bêt yiśrāʾēl} ‘house of Israel,’ and mamləḵût ʼāḇî {מַמְלְכ֥וּת אָבִֽי | mamləḵût ʼāḇî} ‘kingdom of my father.’ The structure highlights direct discourse, possession, and political expectation through each particle and verb form.
In context — 2 Samuel 16:3
And the king said, “Where is your master’s son?” And Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem , for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my father.’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:3:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 2 Samuel 16:3, so the Hebrew word אָבִֽי׃ (avi) 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 Sam.16.3.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.3.W20.S1) and character.