Judges 14:10:2Judg.14.10.W2TAB
אָבִ֖יהוּ
avihu
“his father”
- Transliteration
- a-vi-HU
- Extended
- aa-vih-HOO
- IPA
- /ʔaː.viˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his father
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long '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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-vi-HU
- phraseyour reading level
va-YE-red a-vi-HU
- clause
va-YE-red a-vi-HU el-ha-i-SHA
- sentence
va-YE-red a-vi-HU el-ha-i-SHA va-ya-AS SHAM shim-SHON mish-TE KI KEN ya-a-SU ha-ba-khu-RIM
Exegesis
Its subject ’āḇîhû {אָבִ֖יהוּ | ’āḇîhû} 'his father' appears in construct state, linking to the prepositional phrase ʾel-ha’îšâ {אֶל־הָאִשָּׁה | ʾel-ha’îšâ} 'to the woman'.
Root and etymology
aleph-bet
“father, ancestor”
In context — Judges 14:10
So his father went down to the woman, and Samson held a feast there, for this was customary among the bachurim .
About this coordinate
Judges 14:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 14:10, so the Hebrew word אָבִ֖יהוּ (avihu) 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 Judg.14.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.10.W2.S1) and character.