Deuteronomy 19:8:14Deut.19.8.W14TAB
לַאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ׃
laavotekha
“to your fathers”
- Transliteration
- la-a-vo-TE-kha
- Extended
- lah-ah-vo-TEH-kha
- IPA
- /laʔavoˈteːxa/
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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Word in context
- word
la-a-vo-TE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
la-TET la-a-vo-TE-kha
- clause
ve-na-TAN le-KHA et-KOL-ha-A-retz a-SHER di-BER la-TET la-a-vo-TE-kha
- sentence
ve-IM-yar-KHIV Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha et-ge-VUL-kha ka-a-SHER nish-BA la-a-vo-TE-kha ve-na-TAN le-KHA et-KOL-ha-A-retz a-SHER di-BER la-TET la-a-vo-TE-kha
Exegesis
The pronouns in la-avoteikha {לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ | la-ʾă-vō-tey-kha} and lekha {לְךָ | lə-kha} frame the inheritance promise.
In context — Deuteronomy 19:8
And if the LORD your God enlarges your border as He swore to your ancestors, and gives you all the land that He spoke to give to your ancestors.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:8:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Deuteronomy 19:8, 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.19.8.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.8.W14.S1) and character.