Genesis 36:9:4Gen.36.9.W4PAT

אֲבִ֣י

avi

the father of

Transliteration
a-VI
Extended
ah-VEE
IPA
/ʔăˈviː/

Meaning by language

English
the father of
French
le père de
Spanish
el padre de
Portuguese
o pai de
German
der Vater von
Russian
отец
Arabic-Simplified
أبو
Hindi
पिता
Chinese-Simplified
父亲
Korean
아버지
Indonesian
bapa dari
Bengali
পিতা
Tagalog
ama ng
Swahili
baba wa
Amharic
አባት
Yoruba
baba ti
Igbo
nna nke
Twi
agya
Ewe
fofo si

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Result
אֲ + בִ֣י
a + vi
avi

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-VI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-VI e-DOM

  3. clause

    ve-EL-le to-le-DOT e-SAW a-VI e-DOM

  4. sentence

    ve-EL-le to-le-DOT e-SAW a-VI e-DOM be-HAR se-IR

In contextGenesis 36:9

and these are the generations of Esau the father of Edom in the hill country of Seir

About this coordinate

Genesis 36:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 36:9, so the Hebrew word אֲבִ֣י (avi) 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 Gen.36.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.36.9.W4.S1) and character.