Deuteronomy 18:8:6Deut.18.8.W6TAB
עַל־הָאָבֽוֹת׃
alhaavot
“from the fathers”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-a-VOT
- Extended
- ahl-haa-a-VOHT
- IPA
- /ʕal.haʔaˈvoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the 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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ha-a-VOT
- clause
le-VAD mim-ka-RAV al-ha-a-VOT
- sentence
HE-lek ke-HE-lek yo-khe-LU le-VAD mim-ka-RAV al-ha-a-VOT
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase levad {לְבַד | lə-vaḏ} introduces the exception, which is specified by the construct chain mimkarav {מִמְכָּרָ֖יו | mim-me-kā-rāv} bound to haavot {הָאָבֽוֹת | hā-ā-ḇōṯ}, forming a genitive relation “from his sales of the ancestors.” The word order highlights the general principle before stating the exception.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–bet
“father, ancestor”
In context — Deuteronomy 18:8
They shall eat a portion corresponding to a portion, besides what comes from the sale of the estate .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 18:8, so the Hebrew word עַל־הָאָבֽוֹת׃ (alhaavot) 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.18.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.8.W6.S1) and character.