2 Samuel 23:4:62 Sam.23.4.W6TAB
עָב֔וֹת
avot
“clouds”
- Transliteration
- a-VOT
- Extended
- aa-VOHT
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈvoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- clouds
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long '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 |
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Word in context
- word
a-VOT
- phraseyour reading level
LO a-VOT
- clause
BO-ker LO a-VOT min-NO-ga mim-ma-TAR DE-she me-E-rets
- sentence
u-khe-OR BO-ker yiz-RAKH-sha-mesh BO-ker LO a-VOT min-NO-ga mim-ma-TAR DE-she me-E-rets
Exegesis
The clause bôqêr lō ’āḇôt {בֹּ֚קֶר לֹ֣א עָב֔וֹת | bôqêr lō ’āḇôt} ‘a morning without clouds’ contrasts clarity and obstruction.
In context — 2 Samuel 23:4
And he shall be like the light of morning when the sun shines on a cloudless dawn; from the brightness after rain comes grass from the earth.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 23:4, so the Hebrew word עָב֔וֹת (avot) 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.23.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.4.W6.S1) and character.