Ezekiel 20:24:10Ezek.20.24.W10TAB
אֲבוֹתָ֔ם
avotam
“their fathers”
- Transliteration
- a-vo-TAM
- Extended
- ah-voh-TAAM
- IPA
- /ʔăvoːˈt̪aːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-vo-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
gil-lu-LEI a-vo-TAM
- clause
ve-a-kha-REI gil-lu-LEI a-vo-TAM ha-YU e-NEI-hem
- sentence
YA-an mish-pa-TAI LO-a-SU ve-khu-kO-TAI ma-A-SU ve-ET-shab-be-TO-TAI khil-le-LU ve-a-kha-REI gil-lu-LEI a-vo-TAM ha-YU e-NEI-hem
Exegesis
Finally, the clause veʾaḥārê gilûlē ’āḇôṯām hāyû ’êynēhēm {וְאַחֲרֵי גִּלּוּלֵי אֲבוֹתָם הָיוּ עֵינֵיהֶם | wə-’aḥārê gilûlē ’āḇôṯām hāyû ’êynēhēm} ‘and after the idols of their fathers were their eyes’ employs a vav + preposition sequence with topical fronting of the prepositional phrase to emphasize the people’s idolatrous focus.
Root and etymology
ʾ-baleph–bet
“father”
In context — Ezekiel 20:24
Because they did not carry out my judgments and despised my statutes , profaned my Sabbaths, and set their eyes on the idols of their fathers.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:24:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 20:24, so the Hebrew word אֲבוֹתָ֔ם (avotam) 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.20.24.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.24.W10.S1) and character.