Ezekiel 20:18:5Ezek.20.18.W5TAB
אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙
avotekhem
“your fathers”
- Transliteration
- a-VO-te-khem
- Extended
- ah-VOH-teh-khehm
- IPA
- /ʔăvoːteːˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- your fathers
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-VO-te-khem
- phraseyour reading level
be-khu-KO-te a-VO-te-khem
- clause
va-O-MAR el-be-NE-hem ba-mid-BAR be-khu-KO-te a-VO-te-khem al-te-LE-khu ve-ET-mish-pe-TE-hem al-tish-MO-ru
- sentence
va-O-MAR el-be-NE-hem ba-mid-BAR be-khu-KO-te a-VO-te-khem al-te-LE-khu ve-ET-mish-pe-TE-hem al-tish-MO-ru u-ve-gil-lu-LE-hem al-tit-tam-MA-u
Exegesis
Construct chains be-chukei avoteichem {בְּחֻקֵי אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם | bə-ḥuq-qê ’ă-vō-tê-chem} ‘in the statutes of your fathers’ and ve-et-mishpeteihem {וְאֶת־מִשְׁפְּטֵיהֶם | wə-’et-mish-pə-ṭê-hem} ‘and the ordinances of them’ distinguish legal categories, while u-ve-gilluleihem {וּבְגִלּוּלֵיהֶם | u-və-gi-lu-lê-hem} frames idolatry as a ritual defilement. The sequence of parallel imperatives underscores emphatic divine prohibition.
Root and etymology
ʾ-baleph–bet
“father”
In context — Ezekiel 20:18
And I said to their children in the wilderness, “Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, and do not keep their ordinances, and do not defile yourselves with their idols.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 20:18, so the Hebrew word אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ (avotekhem) 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 Ezek.20.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.18.W5.S1) and character.