Exodus 13:4:5Exod.13.4.W5TAB
הָאָבִֽיב׃
haaviv
“Abib”
- Transliteration
- ha-a-VIV
- Extended
- hah-ah-VEEV
- IPA
- /ha.ʔa.ˈviːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- Abib
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-a-VIV
- clause
be-KHO-desh ha-a-VIV
- sentence
ha-YOM a-TEM yo-tse-IM be-KHO-desh ha-a-VIV
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase be-chodesh ha-aviv {בְּחֹ֖דֶשׁ הָאָבִֽיב | bə-ḥō-ḏeš hā-ʾā-vîv} specifies the festival month. The Hebrew sequence (demonstrative + pronoun + participle + prepositional phrase) foregrounds immediacy and communal action, mirrored in English by fronting “Today”/“It is today” and using present participles.
Root and etymology
ʾ-b-y
“fresh; green”
In context — Exodus 13:4
Today you are going out , in the month of Aviv .
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 13:4, so the Hebrew word הָאָבִֽיב׃ (haaviv) 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 Exod.13.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.4.W5.S1) and character.