Numbers 32:8:3Num.32.8.W3TAB
אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֑ם
avoteikhem
“your fathers”
- Transliteration
- a-vo-TEI-khem
- Extended
- a-vo-TEI-khem
- IPA
- /ʔăvoˈteːxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- your 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-vo-TEI-khem
- clause
KOH a-SU a-vo-TEI-khem
- sentence
KOH a-SU a-vo-TEI-khem be-shal-KHI o-TAM mi-ka-DESH bar-NE-a lir-OT ET-ha-A-retz
Exegesis
The finite verb asu avoteikhem {עָשׂוּ אֲבֹתֵיכֶם | ʿāśû ăvôṯê-kem} emphasizes the actions of “your fathers.”
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-b
“father”
In context — Numbers 32:8
This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land .
About this coordinate
Numbers 32:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 32:8, so the Hebrew word אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֑ם (avoteikhem) 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.32.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.8.W3.S1) and character.