Joshua 21:43:8Josh.21.43.W8TAB
לַאֲבוֹתָ֑ם
laavotam
“to their fathers”
- Transliteration
- la-a-vo-TAM
- Extended
- lah-a-voh-TAM
- IPA
- /laʔavoˈtam/
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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Word in context
- word
la-a-vo-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
la-TET la-a-vo-TAM
- clause
va-yi-TEN Ye-ho-VAH le-yis-ra-EL ET-kol-ha-A-retz a-SHER nish-BA la-TET la-a-vo-TAM
- sentence
va-yi-TEN Ye-ho-VAH le-yis-ra-EL ET-kol-ha-A-retz a-SHER nish-BA la-TET la-a-vo-TAM va-yi-ra-SHU-ha va-ye-SHVU BAH
Exegesis
The phrase laavotam {לַאֲבוֹתָם | la-ʾă-ḇō-tām} ‘to their fathers’ specifies covenant recipients.
Root and etymology
א־ב
“father, ancestor”
In context — Joshua 21:43
And the LORD gave Israel all the land that He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they took it as their possession and lived in it.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:43:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 21:43, so the Hebrew word לַאֲבוֹתָ֑ם (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 Josh.21.43.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.43.W8.S1) and character.