Deuteronomy 22:29:5Deut.22.29.W5TAB
לַאֲבִי
laavi
“to the father”
- Transliteration
- la-a-VI
- Extended
- lah-ah-VEE
- IPA
- /laʔăˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the father
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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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
la-a-VI
- sentence
ve-na-TAN ha-ISH ha-sho-KEV im-MAH la-a-VI ha-na-a-RA kha-mi-SHIM KE-sef ve-LO-TI-he-yeh le-i-SHA TA-khat a-SHER in-NAH LO-YU-khal shal-le-KHAH KOL-YA-mav
Exegesis
The participle hashokhev {הַשֹּׁכֵב | ha-š-šō-ḵēv} ‘who lays’ identifies the act of illicit intercourse, immediately followed by laavi hannaarah {לַאֲבִי הַנַּעֲרָה | la-’ă-ḇî han-nā-‘ă-rāh} to specify the payment’s recipient.
In context — Deuteronomy 22:29
And the man who lay with her shall give to the father of the young woman fifty pieces of silver , and she shall be his wife because he violated her ; he shall not be able to send her away all his days.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 22:29, so the Hebrew word לַאֲבִי (laavi) 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.22.29.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.29.W5.S1) and character.