Exodus 21:5:4Exod.21.5.W4TAB
אָהַ֙בְתִּי֙
ahavti
“I love”
- Transliteration
- a-hav-TI
- Extended
- ah-hav-TEE
- IPA
- /ʔaː.hav.ˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I love
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-hav-TI
- clause
ve-im-a-MOR yo-MAR ha-E-ved a-hav-TI et-a-do-NI et-ish-TI ve-et-ba-NAI
- sentence
ve-im-a-MOR yo-MAR ha-E-ved a-hav-TI et-a-do-NI et-ish-TI ve-et-ba-NAI LO e-TSE khaf-SHI
Root and etymology
א־ה־ב
“to love”
In context — Exodus 21:5
But if the servant says, “I have loved my master, my wife, and my children, and I will not go out as a free man .”
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 21:5, so the Hebrew word אָהַ֙בְתִּי֙ (ahavti) 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.21.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.5.W4.S1) and character.