Numbers 7:2:6Num.7.2.W6TAB
אֲבֹתָ֑ם
avotam
“of their fathers”
- Transliteration
- a-vo-TAM
- Extended
- ah-voh-TAAM
- IPA
- /ʔăvoˈtaːm/
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
BEIT a-vo-TAM
- clause
va-yak-REE-vu ne-si-EI yis-ra-EL ra-shei BEIT a-vo-TAM
- sentence
va-yak-REE-vu ne-si-EI yis-ra-EL ra-shei BEIT a-vo-TAM HEM ne-si-EI ha-ma-TOT HEM ha-om-DIM al-hap-keu-DIM
Exegesis
The construct chain nesi’ei Yisrael {נְשִׂיאֵי יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | nəsî’ê yiśrā’ēl} ‘leaders of Israel’ is appositional to rashei beit avotam {רָאשֵׁ֖י בֵּ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑ם | rā’sê bêṯ ’ăṯōtām} ‘heads of the house of their fathers,’ providing a genealogical identification.
In context — Numbers 7:2
And they brought near the leaders of Israel, the heads of the house of their fathers—these were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones standing over the counted .
About this coordinate
Numbers 7:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 7:2, 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.7.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.7.2.W6.S1) and character.