Genesis 45:3:7Gen.45.3.W7PAT

אָבִ֖י

avi

my father

Transliteration
a-VI
Extended
ah-VEE
IPA
/ʔaː.ˈviː/

Meaning by language

English
my father
French
mon père
Spanish
mi padre
Portuguese
meu pai
German
mein Vater
Russian
мой отец
Arabic-Simplified
أبي
Hindi
मेरा पिता
Chinese-Simplified
我的父亲
Korean
내 아버지가
Indonesian
ayahku
Bengali
আমার পিতা
Tagalog
ang aking ama
Swahili
baba yangu
Amharic
አባቴ
Yoruba
bàbá mi
Igbo
nna m
Twi
m'agya
Ewe
fofonye

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Result
אָ + בִ֖י
a + vi
avi

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

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-VI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-OD a-VI

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer yo-SEF el-e-KHAIV a-NI yo-SEF ha-OD a-VI KHAI

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer yo-SEF el-e-KHAIV a-NI yo-SEF ha-OD a-VI KHAI ve-lo-yakh-LU e-KHAIV la-a-NOT o-TO KI niv-ha-LU mip-pa-NAIV

In contextGenesis 45:3

{He} said Joseph to his brothers I Joseph still my father alive {They} could not his brothers answer him for they were dismayed before him

About this coordinate

Genesis 45:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 45:3, so the Hebrew word אָבִ֖י (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.45.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.45.3.W7.S1) and character.