Numbers 14:23:5Num.14.23.W5TAB
לַאֲבֹתָ֑ם
laavotam
“to their fathers”
- Transliteration
- la-a-vo-TAM
- Extended
- lah-a-voh-TAM
- IPA
- /laʔăvoˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to their fathers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
la-a-vo-TAM
- clause
IM-YIR-u ET-ha-A-retz a-SHER nish-BA-ti la-a-vo-TAM
- sentence
IM-YIR-u ET-ha-A-retz a-SHER nish-BA-ti la-a-vo-TAM ve-KHOL-me-na-a-TSAY LO yir-u-HA
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘which’ introduces a modifying clause containing the Niphal perfect nišbəʿtî {נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי | nišbəʿtî} ‘I swore’ to lăʾăḇōtām {לַאֲבֹתָ֑ם | lăʾăḇōtām} ‘to their fathers.’
Root and etymology
ת־ו־ם
“end, completion”
In context — Numbers 14:23
None of them will see the land that I swore to their fathers, and all who despise Me will not see it.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 14:23, so the Hebrew word לַאֲבֹתָ֑ם (laavotam) 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 Num.14.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.23.W5.S1) and character.