Jeremiah 16:3:12Jer.16.3.W12TAB
וְעַל־אֲבוֹתָ֛ם
vealavotam
“and concerning their fathers”
- Transliteration
- ve-al-a-vo-TAM
- Extended
- veh-ahl-ah-voh-TAHM
- IPA
- /vəʕal.ʔăvoːˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and concerning their fathers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
ve-al-a-vo-TAM
- clause
ve-al-i-mo-TAM ha-yol-de-VOT o-TAM ve-al-a-vo-TAM ha-mo-li-DIM o-TAM ba-A-rets ha-ZOT
- sentence
KI-KHO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH al-ha-ba-NIM ve-al-ha-ba-NOT ha-yil-lo-DIM ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-al-i-mo-TAM ha-yol-de-VOT o-TAM ve-al-a-vo-TAM ha-mo-li-DIM o-TAM ba-A-rets ha-ZOT
Exegesis
The repeated prepositional phrase ve-ʿal {וְעַל־ | wə-ʿal} ‘and concerning’ structures a polysyndetic parallelism that enumerates four groups—sons (habanim {הַבָּנִים֙ | hab-bānîm}), daughters (habanot {הַבָּנוֹת֔ | hab-bānôt}), mothers (immotam {אִמֹּתָ֞ם | ʾimmōṯām}), and fathers (avotam {אֲבוֹתָ֛ם | ʾăḇōṯām})—each paired with participles hayillodim {הַיִּלּוֹדִים֖ | hay-yillōḏîm}, hayoldot {הַיֹּלְד֣וֹת | hay-yōləḏôt}, and hamolidim {הַמּוֹלִדִים֥ | ham-môliḏîm} to specify ongoing conditions of being born, bearing, and begetting.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–bet
“father”
In context — Jeremiah 16:3
For thus says the LORD concerning the sons and the daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bear them, and concerning their fathers who beget them in this land .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Jeremiah 16:3, so the Hebrew word וְעַל־אֲבוֹתָ֛ם (vealavotam) 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.16.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.3.W12.S1) and character.