Jeremiah 23:27:12Jer.23.27.W12TAB
אֲבוֹתָ֛ם
avotam
“their fathers”
- Transliteration
- a-vo-TAM
- Extended
- ah-voh-TAHM
- IPA
- /ʔăvoːˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-vo-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
ka-a-SHER sha-khe-KHU a-vo-TAM
- clause
ka-a-SHER sha-khe-KHU a-vo-TAM et-she-MI ba-BA-al
- sentence
ha-kho-she-VIM le-hash-KHI-akh et-a-MI she-MI ba-kha-lo-mo-TAM a-SHER ye-sa-pe-RU ISH le-re-E-HU ka-a-SHER sha-khe-KHU a-vo-TAM et-she-MI ba-BA-al
Exegesis
The adverbial ka’asher shakhechu avotam {כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר שָׁכְח֧וּ אֲבוֹתָ֛ם | ka-ʾă-šer šā-ḵə-ḥû ʾă-ḇō-ṯām} ‘just as their fathers forgot’ creates a parallel with ancestral apostasy. The Hebrew verb-driven focus and parallel structure are preserved in English by maintaining the causative action and the historical comparison.
In context — Jeremiah 23:27
Those who plot to cause My people to forget My name through their dreams , which they tell one another, just as their fathers forgot My name for Baal.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:27:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Jeremiah 23:27, so the Hebrew word אֲבוֹתָ֛ם (avotam) 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.23.27.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.27.W12.S1) and character.