Zechariah 13:3:7Zech.13.3.W7TAB

אָבִ֨יו

aviv

his father

Transliteration
a-VIV
Extended
aa-VEEV
IPA
/ʔaːˈviv/

Meaning by language

English
his father

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Result
אָ + בִ֨יו
a + viv
aviv

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
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-VIV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-VIV ve-i-MO yol-DA-v

  3. clause

    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

  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 coordinated declaration veʾamru ʾēlāyw ʾāḇîw wəʾimmō yōl-də-ḏāw {וְאָמְרוּ אֵלָיו אָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ יֹלְדָיו | wə-ʾā-mə-rū ʾê-lāyw ʾā-ḇîw wə-ʾim-mō yōl-də-ḏāw} frames a familial adjudication.

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 13:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Zechariah 13:3, so the Hebrew word אָבִ֨יו (aviv) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.13.3.W7.S1) and character.