Daniel 2:23:3Dan.2.23.W3TAB
אֲבָהָתִ֗י
avahati
“my fathers”
- Transliteration
- a-va-ha-TI
- Extended
- ah-vah-haa-TEE
- IPA
- /ʔă.vaː.haːˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
a-va-ha-TI
- phraseyour reading level
LAKH e-LAH a-va-ha-TI
- clause
LAKH e-LAH a-va-ha-TI me-ho-DE u-me-sha-BAKH a-NA DI khokh-me-TA u-ge-vur-TA ye-HAVT LI
- sentence
LAKH e-LAH a-va-ha-TI me-ho-DE u-me-sha-BAKH a-NA DI khokh-me-TA u-ge-vur-TA ye-HAVT LI u-khe-AN ho-DAT-ta-NI di-be-E-NA min-NAKH di-mil-LAT mal-KA ho-DAT-te-NA
Exegesis
The compound title Elah avahati {אֱלָ֣הּ אֲבָהָתִ֗י | ʾĕlāh ʾăvāhātî} ‘God of my fathers’ situates Daniel’s prayer within his ancestral covenant.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–bet
“father”
In context — Daniel 2:23
To You, O God of my fathers , I give thanks and praise, for You have given me wisdom and might, and now You have made known to me what we asked, for You have made known to us the matter of the king.
About this coordinate
Daniel 2:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Daniel 2:23, so the Hebrew word אֲבָהָתִ֗י (avahati) 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 Dan.2.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.23.W3.S1) and character.