Judges 19:4:3Judg.19.4.W3TAB
אֲבִ֣י
avi
“father of”
- Transliteration
- a-VI
- Extended
- ah-VEE
- IPA
- /ʔăˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- father of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-VI
- phraseyour reading level
a-VI ha-na-a-RA
- clause
va-ye-khe-ZAK-BO kho-te-NO a-VI ha-na-a-RA va-YE-shev i-TO she-LO-shet ya-MIM
- sentence
va-ye-khe-ZAK-BO kho-te-NO a-VI ha-na-a-RA va-YE-shev i-TO she-LO-shet ya-MIM va-yo-khe-LU va-yish-TU va-ya-LI-nu SHAM
Exegesis
The construct chain chotno avi hanaʿarah {חֹתְנוֹ אֲבִי הַנַּעֲרָה | ḥōṯ-nō ʾă-vî han-na-ʿā-rāh} specifies the persuader’s identity.
In context — Judges 19:4
And his father-in-law, the father of the young woman, urged him, so he stayed with him for three days; and they ate and drank, and they spent the night there.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 19:4, so the Hebrew word אֲבִ֣י (avi) 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.19.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.4.W3.S1) and character.