Numbers 2:32:5Num.2.32.W5TAB
אֲבֹתָ֑ם
avotam
“of their fathers”
- Transliteration
- a-vo-TAM
- Extended
- ah-voh-TAM
- IPA
- /ʔăvɔˈtaːm/
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 | |
| 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
le-VEIT a-vo-TAM
- clause
E-le pe-ku-DEI ve-NEI-YIS-ra-el le-VEIT a-vo-TAM
- sentence
E-le pe-ku-DEI ve-NEI-YIS-ra-el le-VEIT a-vo-TAM KOL-pe-ku-DEI ha-ma-KHA-not le-tsiv-o-TAM SHESH-me-OT E-lef u-shlo-SHET a-la-FIM va-kha-MESH me-OT va-kha-mi-SHIM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lebeit avotam {לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑ם | ləḇêyt ʼăḇōṯām} ‘to their ancestral houses’ specifies tribal lineage through a construct chain.
In context — Numbers 2:32
These are the numberings of the sons of Israel according to their ancestral houses ; the count of the camps by their divisions was six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:32:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 2:32, so the Hebrew word אֲבֹתָ֑ם (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.2.32.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.32.W5.S1) and character.