Joshua 21:11:5Josh.21.11.W5TAB
אֲבִ֧י
avi
“the father of”
- Transliteration
- a-VI
- Extended
- a-VEE
- IPA
- /ʔaˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the father of
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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 |
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Word in context
- word
a-VI
- phraseyour reading level
ET-kir-YAT ar-BA a-VI ha-a-NOK
- clause
va-yit-NU la-HEM ET-kir-YAT ar-BA a-VI ha-a-NOK HI khev-RON be-HAR ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-yit-NU la-HEM ET-kir-YAT ar-BA a-VI ha-a-NOK HI khev-RON be-HAR ye-hu-DA ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha se-vi-vo-TE-ha
Exegesis
The construct ʾăbī hā-ʿănōq {אֲבִי הָעֲנֹק | ʾăbī hā-ʿănōq} ‘father of the Anak’ appositively defines Arba’s ancestral role.
Root and etymology
א־ב
“father”
In context — Joshua 21:11
And they gave to them the city of Arba, father of the Anak , which is Hebron in the hill country of Judah, and its pasturelands around it.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 21:11, so the Hebrew word אֲבִ֧י (avi) 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.21.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.11.W5.S1) and character.