Jeremiah 16:15:18Jer.16.15.W18TAB
לַאֲבוֹתָֽם׃
laavotam
“to their fathers”
- Transliteration
- la-a-vo-TAM
- Extended
- lah-ah-voh-TAAM
- IPA
- /la.ʔăvoːˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to their fathers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-a-vo-TAM
- clause
va-ha-shi-VO-tim al-a-da-MA-tam a-SHER na-TAT-ti la-a-vo-TAM
- sentence
KI im-KHAI-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER he-e-LA et-be-NEI yis-ra-EL me-E-rets tsa-FON u-mi-KOL ha-a-ra-TSOT a-SHER hi-di-KHAM SHA-ma va-ha-shi-VO-tim al-a-da-MA-tam a-SHER na-TAT-ti la-a-vo-TAM
Exegesis
The final relative clause asher natati la-avotam {אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לַאֲבוֹתָם | ʾă-šer nā-taṯ-tî la-ʾă-ḇō-ṯām} underscores the ancestral land grant as the covenant foundation for return.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–bet
“father”
In context — Jeremiah 16:15
But it will be said, “As the LORD lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where He had driven them.” For I will bring them back to the land which I gave to their fathers.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:15:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Jeremiah 16:15, so the Hebrew word לַאֲבוֹתָֽם׃ (laavotam) 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.16.15.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.15.W18.S1) and character.