Leviticus 25:41:9Lev.25.41.W9TAB
אֲבֹתָ֖יו
avotav
“his fathers”
- Transliteration
- a-vo-TAV
- Extended
- ah-vo-TAAV
- IPA
- /ʔa.voˈtaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- his fathers
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-vo-TAV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-el-a-KHOO-ZAT a-vo-TAV
- clause
ve-SHAV el-mish-pakh-TO ve-el-a-KHOO-ZAT a-vo-TAV ya-SHUV
- sentence
ve-ya-TSA meh-im-MAKH HOO oo-va-NAV im-MO ve-SHAV el-mish-pakh-TO ve-el-a-KHOO-ZAT a-vo-TAV ya-SHUV
Exegesis
The paired verbs veshav {וְשָׁב֙ | wə-šāḇ} and yashuv {יָשֽׁוּב׃ | yā-šūv} form an inclusio that frames a twofold return: first to kin via el-mishpakhto {אֶל־מִשְׁפַּחְתּ֔וֹ | ʾel-miš-pāḥ-tô} ‘to his family’; then to land via ve-el {וְאֶל־ | wə-ʾel} + akhuzat {אֲחֻזַּ֥ת | ʾă-ḥuz-zat} ‘property’ + avotav {אֲבֹתָ֖יו | ʾă-vo-tâv} ‘his ancestors’. The repetition of “and” preserves the Hebrew legal-procedural cadence.
In context — Leviticus 25:41
And he shall go out from you, together with his sons, and he shall return to his family, and to the property of his ancestors he shall return.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 25:41:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 25:41, so the Hebrew word אֲבֹתָ֖יו (avotav) 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 Lev.25.41.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.41.W9.S1) and character.