אֲבוֹתָם֩

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲבוֹתָם֩

   a-vo-TAM

   their fathers
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־יָבֹ֣אוּ אֲבוֹתָם֩ א֨וֹ אֲחֵיהֶ֜ם

   KI-ya-VO-u a-vo-TAM O a-khe-HEM

   that when they come their fathers or their brothers
3. clause🔊 וְהָיָ֡ה כִּֽי־יָבֹ֣אוּ אֲבוֹתָם֩ א֨וֹ אֲחֵיהֶ֜ם לרוב לָרִ֣יב אֵלֵ֗ינוּ וְאָמַ֤רְנוּ אֲלֵיהֶם֙ חָנּ֣וּנוּ אוֹתָ֔ם כִּ֣י לֹ֥א לָקַ֛חְנוּ אִ֥ישׁ אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה

   ve-ha-YA KI-ya-VO-u a-vo-TAM O a-khe-HEM le-ROV la-RIV e-LEI-nu ve-a-MAR-nu a-LEI-hem kha-NU-nu o-TAM KI LO la-KHAK-nu ISH ish-TO ba-mil-kha-MA

   and it will be that when they come their fathers or their brothers to contend to dispute to us then we will say to them show favor to us them for not we took a man his wife in the battle
4. sentence🔊 וְהָיָ֡ה כִּֽי־יָבֹ֣אוּ אֲבוֹתָם֩ א֨וֹ אֲחֵיהֶ֜ם לרוב לָרִ֣יב אֵלֵ֗ינוּ וְאָמַ֤רְנוּ אֲלֵיהֶם֙ חָנּ֣וּנוּ אוֹתָ֔ם כִּ֣י לֹ֥א לָקַ֛חְנוּ אִ֥ישׁ אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה כִּ֣י לֹ֥א אַתֶּ֛ם נְתַתֶּ֥ם לָהֶ֖ם כָּעֵ֥ת תֶּאְשָֽׁמוּ׃

   ve-ha-YA KI-ya-VO-u a-vo-TAM O a-khe-HEM le-ROV la-RIV e-LEI-nu ve-a-MAR-nu a-LEI-hem kha-NU-nu o-TAM KI LO la-KHAK-nu ISH ish-TO ba-mil-kha-MA KI LO a-TEM ne-TAT-tem la-HEM ka-ET te-e-SHA-mu

   and it will be that when they come their fathers or their brothers to contend to dispute to us then we will say to them show favor to us them for not we took a man his wife in the battle for not you you gave to them at this time you would be guilty

Exegesis

A temporal-conditional clause is introduced by ki-yavo’u {כִּֽי־יָבֹ֣אוּ | kî-yā-ḇō-ʾū} ‘when they come’, with avotam {אֲבוֹתָם֩ | ʾă-vo-ṯām} ‘their fathers’ or akheihem {אֲחֵיהֶ֜ם | ʾă-ḥê-hēm} ‘their brothers’ linked by an infinitive lariv {לָרִ֣יב | lā-rîḇ} ‘to dispute’ and the directional phrase eleinu {אֵלֵ֗ינוּ | ʾê-lê-nū} ‘toward us’.