Genesis 28:21:4Gen.28.21.W4TAB
אָבִ֑י
avi
“my father”
- Transliteration
- a-VI
- Extended
- ah-VEE
- IPA
- /ʔaː.ˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my father
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
a-VI
- phraseyour reading level
el-BEIT a-VI
- clause
ve-shav-TI ve-sha-LOM el-BEIT a-VI
- sentence
ve-shav-TI ve-sha-LOM el-BEIT a-VI ve-ha-YA Ye-ho-VAH LI le-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The phrase be-shalom {בְשָׁל֖וֹם | bə-šā-lōm} ‘in peace’ specifies the intended manner, and the construct chain el-beit avi {אֶל־בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑י | ʾel-bêṯ ʾā-vî} ‘to my father’s house’ marks the spatial and relational goal.
In context — Genesis 28:21
And I return in peace to my father’s house, then the LORD will be God to me.
About this coordinate
Genesis 28:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 28:21, so the Hebrew word אָבִ֑י (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.28.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.21.W4.S1) and character.