Proverbs 23:22:2Prov.23.22.W2TAB
לְ֭אָבִיךָ
leavikha
“to your father”
- Transliteration
- le-a-VI-kha
- Extended
- leh-AA-VEE-khaa
- IPA
- /ləʔaːˈviːxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to your father
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
le-a-VI-kha
- clause
she-MA le-a-VI-kha ZE ye-la-DE-kha
- sentence
she-MA le-a-VI-kha ZE ye-la-DE-kha ve-al-ta-VUZ KI-zak-NA im-ME-kha
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase le’avikha {לְ֭אָבִיךָ | lə-’ā-vî-kā} ‘to your father’ establishes the relational obligation.
Root and etymology
א־ב
“father, ancestor”
In context — Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father , the one who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 23:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 23:22, so the Hebrew word לְ֭אָבִיךָ (leavikha) 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 Prov.23.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.22.W2.S1) and character.