Exodus 2:18:3Exod.2.18.W3TAB
אֲבִיהֶ֑ן
avihen
“their father”
- Transliteration
- a-vi-HEN
- Extended
- ah-vee-HEN
- IPA
- /ʔă.viː.ˈhɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- their father
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-vi-HEN
- clause
va-ta-VO-na el-re-u-EL a-vi-HEN
- sentence
va-ta-VO-na el-re-u-EL a-vi-HEN va-YO-mer mad-DU-a mi-har-TEN BO ha-YOM
Exegesis
The preposition ʾel {אֶל־ | ʾel} ‘to’ governs the proper noun reuel {רְעוּאֵ֖ל | rə-ʿū-ʾēl} ‘Reuel,’ followed by the construct noun avihen {אֲבִיהֶן | ʾă-vi-hên} ‘their father,’ where the feminine plural suffix marks possession.
Root and etymology
ʾ-baleph–bet
“father”
In context — Exodus 2:18
And they came to Reuel their father, and he said, “Why have you hurried to come today?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 2:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 2:18, so the Hebrew word אֲבִיהֶ֑ן (avihen) 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.2.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.18.W3.S1) and character.