Joshua 17:4:25Josh.17.4.W25TAB
אֲבִיהֶֽן׃
avihen
“their father”
- Transliteration
- a-vi-HEN
- Extended
- ah-vee-HEN
- IPA
- /ʔaˈxeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- their father
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-vi-HEN
- phraseyour reading level
a-KHEI a-vi-HEN
- clause
va-yi-TEN la-HEM el-PI Ye-ho-VAH na-cha-LAH be-TOKH a-KHEI a-vi-HEN
- sentence
va-tik-RAV-nah lif-NEI el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ve-lif-NEI ye-ho-SHU-a bin-NUN ve-lif-NEI han-se-i-IM le-MOR Ye-ho-VAH tsi-VAH et-MO-sheh la-TET-la-NU na-cha-LAH be-TOKH a-KHEI-nu va-yi-TEN la-HEM el-PI Ye-ho-VAH na-cha-LAH be-TOKH a-KHEI a-vi-HEN
Exegesis
The noun nachalah {נַחֲלָה | na-ḥă-lāh} “inheritance” appears twice within a prepositional frame betoch acheinu {בְּתוֹךְ אַחֵינוּ | bə-tôk ʾa-ḥê-nû} and betoch achei avi’hen {בְּתוֹךְ אֲחֵי אֲבִיהֶן | בְּתוֹךְ אֲחֵי אֲבִיהֶן | bə-tôk ʾa-ḥê ʾa-ḇî-hên}, specifying the kinship group entitled to land.
In context — Joshua 17:4
And they came before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua son of Nun, and before the leaders, saying, “The LORD commanded Moses to allot us an inheritance among our brothers.” So he gave them an inheritance according to the mouth of the LORD, among the brothers of their father.
About this coordinate
Joshua 17:4:25 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 25 of Joshua 17:4, so the Hebrew word אֲבִיהֶֽן׃ (avihen) 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 Josh.17.4.W25, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.4.W25.S1) and character.