Jeremiah 16:11:5Jer.16.11.W5TAB
אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֤ם
avotekhem
“your fathers”
- Transliteration
- a-vo-te-KHEM
- Extended
- ah-voh-teh-KHEHM
- IPA
- /ʔăvoːteːˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- your fathers
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 | |
| 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
a-vo-te-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
AL a-sher-a-ZE-vu a-vo-te-KHEM o-TI
- clause
ve-a-MAR-ta a-LE-hem AL a-sher-a-ZE-vu a-vo-te-KHEM o-TI ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH va-YEL-khu a-kha-RE e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM va-ya-AV-dum va-yish-ta-kha-VU la-HEM
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta a-LE-hem AL a-sher-a-ZE-vu a-vo-te-KHEM o-TI ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH va-YEL-khu a-kha-RE e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM va-ya-AV-dum va-yish-ta-kha-VU la-HEM ve-o-TI a-ZA-vu ve-et-to-ra-TI LO sha-MA-ru
Exegesis
The causal clause al asher azvu avoteikhem oti {עַל אֲשֶׁר־עָזְבוּ אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם אוֹתִי | ʿal ʾă-šer ʿā-zə-ḇû ʾă-ḇō-ṯê-ḵem ʾô-tî} ‘because your fathers forsook me’ establishes the basis for judgment.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–bet
“father”
In context — Jeremiah 16:11
And you shall say to them, “Because your fathers have forsaken Me,” declares the LORD , “and have gone after other gods, and have served and bowed down to them; but Me they have forsaken, and My law they have not kept.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 16:11, so the Hebrew word אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֤ם (avotekhem) 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 Jer.16.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.11.W5.S1) and character.