Numbers 17:3:12Num.17.3.W12TABWLC Numbers 17:18
אֲבֹותָ֑ם׃
avotam
“of their fathers.”
- Transliteration
- a-vo-TAM
- Extended
- ah-voh-TAAM
- IPA
- /ʔăvoːˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
a-vo-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
le-ROSH BEIT a-vo-TAM
- clause
le-VI KI ma-TEH e-KHAD le-ROSH BEIT a-vo-TAM
- sentence
ve-ET SHEM a-ha-RON takh-TOV al-ma-TEH le-VI KI ma-TEH e-KHAD le-ROSH BEIT a-vo-TAM
In context — Numbers 17:3
And you shall write Aaron’s name upon the staff of Levi , for there shall be one staff for the head of each ancestral house.
About this coordinate
Numbers 17:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 17:3, so the Hebrew word אֲבֹותָ֑ם׃ (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 Num.17.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.3.W12.S1) and character.