אֲבִ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲבִ֣י

   a-VI

   father of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֣וֹ חֹתְנ֣וֹ אֲבִ֣י הַֽנַּעֲרָ֡ה

   va-YO-mer LO kho-ten-NO a-VI ha-na-a-RA

   and he said to him his father-in-law father of the young woman or girl
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֣וֹ חֹתְנ֣וֹ אֲבִ֣י הַֽנַּעֲרָ֡ה הִנֵּ֣ה נָא֩ רָפָ֨ה הַיּ֜וֹם לַעֲרֹ֗ב לִֽינוּ־נָ֞א הִנֵּ֨ה חֲנ֤וֹת הַיּוֹם֙ לִ֥ין פֹּה֙ וְיִיטַ֣ב לְבָבֶ֔ךָ וְהִשְׁכַּמְתֶּ֤ם מָחָר֙ לְדַרְכְּכֶ֔ם וְהָלַכְתָּ֖ לְאֹהָלֶֽךָ׃

   va-YO-mer LO kho-ten-NO a-VI ha-na-a-RA hi-NE NA ra-FA ha-YOM la-a-ROV li-NU-NA hi-NE kha-NOT ha-YOM LIN PO ve-yi-TAV le-va-VE-kha ve-hish-ka-MTEM ma-KHAR le-dar-ke-KHEM ve-ha-lakh-TA le-o-HA-le-kha

   and he said to him his father-in-law father of the young woman or girl behold please has slackened or has sunk the day toward evening spend the night, please behold the encamping or the lodging the day lodge here and let it be good or and let it be pleasing your heart and you shall rise early tomorrow for your way or for your journey and you shall go to your tent or to your home
4. sentence🔊 וַיָּ֤קָם הָאִישׁ֙ לָלֶ֔כֶת ה֥וּא וּפִילַגְשׁ֖וֹ וְנַעֲר֑וֹ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֣וֹ חֹתְנ֣וֹ אֲבִ֣י הַֽנַּעֲרָ֡ה הִנֵּ֣ה נָא֩ רָפָ֨ה הַיּ֜וֹם לַעֲרֹ֗ב לִֽינוּ־נָ֞א הִנֵּ֨ה חֲנ֤וֹת הַיּוֹם֙ לִ֥ין פֹּה֙ וְיִיטַ֣ב לְבָבֶ֔ךָ וְהִשְׁכַּמְתֶּ֤ם מָחָר֙ לְדַרְכְּכֶ֔ם וְהָלַכְתָּ֖ לְאֹהָלֶֽךָ׃

   va-YA-kam ha-ISH la-LE-khet HU u-pi-lag-SHO ve-na-a-RO va-YO-mer LO kho-ten-NO a-VI ha-na-a-RA hi-NE NA ra-FA ha-YOM la-a-ROV li-NU-NA hi-NE kha-NOT ha-YOM LIN PO ve-yi-TAV le-va-VE-kha ve-hish-ka-MTEM ma-KHAR le-dar-ke-KHEM ve-ha-lakh-TA le-o-HA-le-kha

   and he rose the man to go he and his concubine and his young man or servant and he said to him his father-in-law father of the young woman or girl behold please has slackened or has sunk the day toward evening spend the night, please behold the encamping or the lodging the day lodge here and let it be good or and let it be pleasing your heart and you shall rise early tomorrow for your way or for your journey and you shall go to your tent or to your home

Exegesis

The speaker’s identity is reinforced by apposition in chotno {חֹתְנ֣וֹ | ḥōṭnô} ‘his father-in-law’ and avi hana’arah {אֲבִ֣י הַֽנַּעֲרָ֡ה | ’ăbî hannā‘ărāh} ‘father of the girl.’