Genesis 19:34:8Gen.19.34.W8TAB
אֶת־אָבִ֑י
etavi
“with my father”
- Transliteration
- et-a-VI
- Extended
- eht-ah-VEE
- IPA
- /ʔɛθ.ʔaˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- with my 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-a-VI
- clause
va-ye-HI mim-ma-kho-RAT va-TO-mer ha-be-khi-RA el-ha-tse-i-RA hen-sha-KHAV-ti E-mesh et-a-VI
- sentence
va-ye-HI mim-ma-kho-RAT va-TO-mer ha-be-khi-RA el-ha-tse-i-RA hen-sha-KHAV-ti E-mesh et-a-VI na-she-KEN-nu YA-yin gam-hal-LAI-la u-vo-I shikh-VI im-MO u-ne-khai-YE me-a-vi-NU ZA-ra
Exegesis
Hen {הֵן | hēn} signals emphasis before shakhavti {שָׁכַבְתִּי | šā-ḵav-tî} “I lay,” reporting action from emesh {אֶמֶשׁ | ʾe-meš} with avi {אָבִי | ʾā-vî} as object marked by et {אֶת | ʾeṯ}.
Root and etymology
ʾ-baleph–bet
“father, ancestor”
In context — Genesis 19:34
And it happened on the next day that the older said to the younger, “Behold, I lay with my father last night. Let us make him drink wine also tonight, and you go in and lie with him, and we will preserve offspring from our father.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:34:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 19:34, so the Hebrew word אֶת־אָבִ֑י (etavi) 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.19.34.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.34.W8.S1) and character.