Genesis 28:2:7Gen.28.2.W7TAB
אֲבִ֣י
avi
“father of”
- Transliteration
- a-VI
- Extended
- ah-VEE
- IPA
- /ʔa.ˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- father of
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
a-VI
- phraseyour reading level
a-VI im-ME-kha
- clause
KUM LEKH pa-DE-na a-RAM BEI-ta ve-tu-EL a-VI im-ME-kha
- sentence
KUM LEKH pa-DE-na a-RAM BEI-ta ve-tu-EL a-VI im-ME-kha ve-kakh-le-KHA mi-SHAM i-SHA mib-be-NOT la-VAN a-KHI im-ME-kha
Exegesis
The phrase beitah betuel avi immekha {בֵּ֥יתָה בְתוּאֵ֖ל אֲבִ֣י אִמֶּ֑ךָ | bê-ṯāh bə-ṯû-ʾēl ʾă-vî ʾim-me-kā} is a construct chain “to the house of Bethuel, father of your mother,” clarifying familial relations.
In context — Genesis 28:2
Get up and proceed to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and take for yourself a wife from there, from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother .
About this coordinate
Genesis 28:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 28:2, so the Hebrew word אֲבִ֣י (avi) 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.28.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.2.W7.S1) and character.