Deuteronomy 30:20:17Deut.30.20.W17PAT
לַאֲבֹתֶ֛יךָ
laavotekha
“to your fathers”
- Transliteration
- la-a-vo-TE-kha
- Extended
- lah-ah-voh-TEH-kha
- IPA
- /laʔavoˈteːxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- to your fathers
- French
- à tes pères
- Spanish
- a tus padres
- Portuguese
- a teus pais
- German
- zu deinen Vätern
- Russian
- к твоим отцам
- Arabic-Simplified
- لآبائك
- Hindi
- तेरे पितरों को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 你的先祖
- Korean
- 너의 조상들에게
- Indonesian
- kepada nenek moyangmu
- Bengali
- তোমার পিতৃপুরুষদের
- Tagalog
- sa iyong mga ninuno
- Swahili
- kwa baba zako
- Amharic
- ለአባቶችህ
- Yoruba
- sí àwọn baba rẹ
- Igbo
- nna nna gị
- Twi
- w’agyanom
- Ewe
- na wò fofowo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-a-vo-TE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER nish-BA ye-ho-VAH la-a-vo-TE-kha
- clause
ki HU khai-YE-kha ve-O-rekh ya-ME-kha la-SHE-vet al-ha-a-da-MA a-SHER nish-BA ye-ho-VAH la-a-vo-TE-kha le-av-ra-HAM le-yits-KHAK u-le-ya-a-KOV la-TET la-HEM
- sentence
le-a-ha-VAH et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha lish-MO-a be-KO-lo u-le-dav-KA-vo ki HU khai-YE-kha ve-O-rekh ya-ME-kha la-SHE-vet al-ha-a-da-MA a-SHER nish-BA ye-ho-VAH la-a-vo-TE-kha le-av-ra-HAM le-yits-KHAK u-le-ya-a-KOV la-TET la-HEM
In context — Deuteronomy 30:20
to love LORD your God to listen to his voice and to cling to him for he is your life and length of your days to dwell upon the land which swore LORD to your fathers to Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob to give to them
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 30:20:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Deuteronomy 30:20, so the Hebrew word לַאֲבֹתֶ֛יךָ (laavotekha) 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 Deut.30.20.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.30.20.W17.S1) and character.