Judges 14:15:13Judg.14.15.W13TAB
אָבִ֖יךְ
avikh
“your father”
- Transliteration
- a-VIKH
- Extended
- aa-VEEKH
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈviːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- your 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 | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-VIKH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-et-BET a-VIKH
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-yo-me-RU le-E-shet-shim-SHON pa-TI et-i-SHEKH ve-yag-GED-la-NU et-ha-khi-DA pen-nis-ROF o-TAKH ve-et-BET a-VIKH ba-ESH
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-yo-me-RU le-E-shet-shim-SHON pa-TI et-i-SHEKH ve-yag-GED-la-NU et-ha-khi-DA pen-nis-ROF o-TAKH ve-et-BET a-VIKH ba-ESH hal-ya-re-SHE-nu ke-ra-TEM la-NU ha-LO
Root and etymology
aleph-bet
“father, ancestor”
In context — Judges 14:15
And it came to pass on the seventh day that they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband, and let him tell us the riddle , lest we burn you and your father’s house with fire. Is it not that you have called us here to impoverish us?”
About this coordinate
Judges 14:15:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 14:15, so the Hebrew word אָבִ֖יךְ (avikh) 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.14.15.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.15.W13.S1) and character.