Leviticus 26:40:4Lev.26.40.W4TAB
אֲבֹתָ֔ם
avotam
“their fathers”
- Transliteration
- a-vo-TAM
- Extended
- ah-voh-TAAM
- IPA
- /ʔa.voˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their 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' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-vo-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ET-a-VON a-vo-TAM
- clause
ve-hit-va-DU et-a-vo-NAM ve-ET-a-VON a-vo-TAM be-ma-a-LAM a-SHER ma-a-LU-VI
- sentence
ve-hit-va-DU et-a-vo-NAM ve-ET-a-VON a-vo-TAM be-ma-a-LAM a-SHER ma-a-LU-VI ve-AF a-SHER-hal-KHU im-MI be-KE-ri
Exegesis
The sequential direct objects et-avanam {אֶת־עֲוֺנָם | ʾet-‘ăwônām} ‘their iniquity’ and ve-et-avon {וְאֶת־עֺ֣ן | wə-ʼet-ʿăwôn} ‘and the iniquity’ of avotam {אֲבֹתָם | ʾăbôtām} ‘their fathers’ form a chiastic pair.
Root and etymology
b-tbet–tav
“daughter”
In context — Leviticus 26:40
And they will confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery that they committed against Me—and also that they walked with Me in hostility.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 26:40:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 26:40, so the Hebrew word אֲבֹתָ֔ם (avotam) 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.26.40.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.26.40.W4.S1) and character.