Ezekiel 20:30:10Ezek.20.30.W10TAB
אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֣ם
avotekhem
“your fathers”
- Transliteration
- a-vo-te-KHEM
- Extended
- ah-voh-teh-KHEHM
- IPA
- /hab.dɛˈrɛx/
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
a-vo-te-KHEM a-TEM
- sentence
la-KHEN e-MOR el-BET yis-ra-EL KO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI hab-de-REKH a-vo-te-KHEM a-TEM nit-me-IM ve-a-kha-REI shi-ku-tse-HEM a-TEM zo-NIM
Root and etymology
ʾ-baleph–bet
“father”
In context — Ezekiel 20:30
Therefore say to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord GOD —Is it in the way of your fathers that you defile yourselves and after their abominations you commit harlotry?”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:30:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 20:30, so the Hebrew word אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֣ם (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.20.30.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.30.W10.S1) and character.