אָ֔ב

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אָ֔ב

   AV

   of a father
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לְבֵ֣ית אָ֔ב

   le-VEIT AV

   for the house of a father
3. clause🔊 וַעֲשָׂרָ֤ה נְשִׂאִים֙ עִמּ֔וֹ נָשִׂ֨יא אֶחָ֜ד נָשִׂ֤יא אֶחָד֙ לְבֵ֣ית אָ֔ב לְכֹ֖ל מַטּ֣וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל

   va-a-sa-RA ne-si-IM im-MO na-SI e-KHAD na-SI e-KHAD le-VEIT AV le-KOL mat-TOT yis-ra-EL

   and ten chiefs with him a chief one chief one for the house of a father for each tribes of Israel
4. sentence🔊 וַעֲשָׂרָ֤ה נְשִׂאִים֙ עִמּ֔וֹ נָשִׂ֨יא אֶחָ֜ד נָשִׂ֤יא אֶחָד֙ לְבֵ֣ית אָ֔ב לְכֹ֖ל מַטּ֣וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְאִ֨ישׁ רֹ֧אשׁ בֵּית־אֲבוֹתָ֛ם הֵ֖מָּה לְאַלְפֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   va-a-sa-RA ne-si-IM im-MO na-SI e-KHAD na-SI e-KHAD le-VEIT AV le-KOL mat-TOT yis-ra-EL ve-ISH ROSH BEIT-a-vo-TAM hei-MAH le-al-FEI yis-ra-EL

   and ten chiefs with him a chief one chief one for the house of a father for each tribes of Israel and a man a head of a father's house they for the thousands of Israel

Exegesis

The construct chain lebeit av {לְבֵ֣ית אָ֔ב | lə·bêt ʾāḇ} and the parallel le-khol matot yisra'el {לְכֹ֖ל מַטּ֣וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | lə·ḵōl maṭṭōṯ yīsrāʾēl} specify allocation by father’s household across all tribal divisions.

Root and etymology

ʾ-b🔊 א־בaleph–bet

“father, ancestor”

• 🔊 אָבוֹתavotfathersExodus 3:15