Genesis 19:32:3Gen.19.32.W3TAB
אֶת־אָבִ֛ינוּ
etavinu
“our father”
- Transliteration
- et-a-VI-nu
- Extended
- eet-aa-VEE-noo
- IPA
- /ʔɛθ.ʔaː.ˈviː.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- our father
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-a-VI-nu
- phraseyour reading level
le-KHA na-she-KE et-a-VI-nu
- clause
le-KHA na-she-KE et-a-VI-nu YA-yin ve-nish-ke-VA im-MO
- sentence
le-KHA na-she-KE et-a-VI-nu YA-yin ve-nish-ke-VA im-MO u-ne-khai-YE me-a-VI-nu ZA-ra
Root and etymology
ʾ-baleph–bet
“father, ancestor”
In context — Genesis 19:32
Come, let us give our father wine to drink and lie with him so that we may preserve offspring from our father.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:32:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 19:32, so the Hebrew word אֶת־אָבִ֛ינוּ (etavinu) 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 Gen.19.32.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.32.W3.S1) and character.