Deuteronomy 13:17:15Deut.13.17.W15TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:18
לַאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ׃
laavotekha
“to your fathers”
- Transliteration
- la-a-vo-TE-kha
- Extended
- lah-a-vo-TEH-kha
- IPA
- /la.ʔăvoˈteːxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- to your 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 | |
| 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
la-a-vo-TE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
nish-BA la-a-vo-TE-kha
- clause
ve-hir-BEKH-kha ka-a-SHER nish-BA la-a-vo-TE-kha
- sentence
ve-LO-yid-BAK be-yad-KHA me-u-MAH min-ha-KHE-rem le-MA-an ya-SHUV Ye-ho-VAH me-kha-RON a-PO ve-na-TAN le-KHA ra-kha-MIM ve-ri-KHAM-kha ve-hir-BEKH-kha ka-a-SHER nish-BA la-a-vo-TE-kha
Exegesis
The oath clause begins with kaasher {כַּאֲשֶׁר | ka-ʾă-šer} ‘as,’ followed by the perfect nishba {נִשְׁבַּע | niš-bāʿ} ‘he swore’ and laavotekha {לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ | la-ʾă-vo-te-khā} ‘to your fathers,’ anchoring the promise in the ancestral covenant. The interplay of negation, purpose, result, and oath clauses underscores a conditional promise of divine mercy and blessing.
In context — Deuteronomy 13:17
And nothing of the devoted thing shall cling to your hand, so that the LORD may turn from the burning of His anger and show you mercy and have compassion on you, and increase you, as He swore to your fathers.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:17:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Deuteronomy 13:17, so the Hebrew word לַאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ׃ (laavotekha) 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 Deut.13.17.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.17.W15.S1) and character.