Zechariah 13:3:18Zech.13.3.W18TAB

אָבִ֧יהוּ

avihu

his father

Transliteration
a-vi-HU
Extended
aa-vih-HOO
IPA
/ʔaːviˈhuː/

Meaning by language

English
his father

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Result
אָ + בִ֧י + הוּ
a + vi + hu
avihu

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-vi-HU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-vi-HU ve-i-MO

  3. clause

    u-de-ka-RU-hu a-vi-HU ve-i-MO yol-DA-v be-hin-na-VO

  4. sentence

    ve-ha-YA ki-yin-na-VE ISH OD ve-am-RU E-lav a-VIV ve-i-MO yol-DA-v LO tikh-YE KI SHE-ker dib-BAR-ta be-SHEM ye-ho-VAH u-de-ka-RU-hu a-vi-HU ve-i-MO yol-DA-v be-hin-na-VO

Exegesis

The apodosis uses ûdəqā-rūhū ʾāḇîhū wəʾimmō yōl-də-ḏāw bəhin-nā-ḇəʾō {וּדְקָרֻהוּ אָבִיהוּ וְאִמּוֹ יֹלְדָיו בְּהִנָּבְאֽוֹ | û-də-qā-rū-hū ʾā-ḇî-hū wə-ʾim-mō yōl-də-ḏāw bə-hin-nā-ḇə-ʾō} ‘and his father and his mother who bore him will pierce him while he prophesies’, employing a Qal perfect for decisive action and a Niphal infinitive construct for concurrent action, highlighting the reversal of filial loyalty in response to prophetic falsehood.

In contextZechariah 13:3

And it will come to pass, when anyone again prophesies, that his father and his mother who bore him shall say to him, “You shall not live, for you have spoken falsehood in the name of the LORD .” And his father and his mother who bore him shall pierce him through as he prophesies.

About this coordinate

Zechariah 13:3:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Zechariah 13:3, so the Hebrew word אָבִ֧יהוּ (avihu) 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 Zech.13.3.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.13.3.W18.S1) and character.