Judges 14:3:18Judg.14.3.W18TAB
אֶל־אָבִיו֙
elaviv
“to his father”
- Transliteration
- el-a-VIV
- Extended
- ehl-ah-VEEV
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʔaˈviːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- to his father
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-a-VIV
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER shim-SHON el-a-VIV
- clause
va-yo-MER shim-SHON el-a-VIV o-TA kakh-LI ki-hi yash-RA ve-e-NAI
- sentence
va-yo-MER LO a-VIV ve-i-MO ha-EN biv-NOT a-KHE-kha u-ve-KHOL-a-MI i-SHA ki-a-TA ho-LEKH la-KHA-khat i-SHA mi-pe-lish-TIM ha-a-re-LIM va-yo-MER shim-SHON el-a-VIV o-TA kakh-LI ki-hi yash-RA ve-e-NAI
Root and etymology
aleph-bet
“father, ancestor”
In context — Judges 14:3
And his father and his mother said to him, “Is there not a woman among the daughters of your brothers or among all my people that you must go and take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?” But Samson said to his father, “Take her for me, for she is right in my eyes.”
About this coordinate
Judges 14:3:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Judges 14:3, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אָבִיו֙ (elaviv) 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.14.3.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.3.W18.S1) and character.