Ezekiel 20:42:14Ezek.20.42.W14TAB
לַאֲבוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃
laavotekhem
“to your fathers”
- Transliteration
- la-a-vo-TE-khem
- Extended
- lah-ah-voh-TEE-khehm
- IPA
- /laʔăvoːθeːˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to your fathers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
la-a-vo-TE-khem
- clause
el-ha-A-rets a-SHER na-SA-ti et-ya-DI la-TET o-TAH la-a-vo-TE-khem
- sentence
vi-DA-e-tem ki-a-NI Ye-ho-VAH ba-ha-vi-I et-KHEM el-a-de-MAT yis-ra-EL el-ha-A-rets a-SHER na-SA-ti et-ya-DI la-TET o-TAH la-a-vo-TE-khem
Root and etymology
ʾ-baleph–bet
“father”
In context — Ezekiel 20:42
And you will know that I am the LORD when I bring you into the land of Israel, to the land that I lifted up My hand to give it to your fathers.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:42:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Ezekiel 20:42, so the Hebrew word לַאֲבוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ (laavotekhem) 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.20.42.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.42.W14.S1) and character.