Genesis 48:16:11Gen.48.16.W11PAT

אֲבֹתַ֖י

avotai

my fathers

Transliteration
a-vo-TAI
Extended
ah-vo-TAI
IPA
/ʔă.vo.ˈtaj/

Meaning by language

English
my fathers
French
mes pères
Spanish
mis padres
Portuguese
meus pais
German
meinen Vätern
Russian
моих отцов
Arabic-Simplified
آبائي
Hindi
मेरे पितर
Chinese-Simplified
我列祖
Korean
내 조상
Indonesian
bapa-bapaku
Bengali
আমার পিতৃগণ
Tagalog
aking mga ama
Swahili
baba zangu
Amharic
የአባቶቼ
Yoruba
àwọn baba mi
Igbo
ndị nna m
Twi
m'agyanom
Ewe
fofonyeawo

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Result
אֲ + בֹ + תַ֖י
a + vo + tai
avotai

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-vo-TAI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-SHEM a-vo-TAI

  3. clause

    ha-mal-AKH ha-go-EL o-TI mi-kol-RA ye-va-REKH et-ha-ne-a-RIM ve-yik-ka-RE va-HEM she-MI ve-SHEM a-vo-TAI av-ra-HAM ve-yits-KHAK

  4. sentence

    ha-mal-AKH ha-go-EL o-TI mi-kol-RA ye-va-REKH et-ha-ne-a-RIM ve-yik-ka-RE va-HEM she-MI ve-SHEM a-vo-TAI av-ra-HAM ve-yits-KHAK ve-yid-GU la-ROV be-KE-rev ha-A-rets

In contextGenesis 48:16

the angel the one redeeming me from all evil bless the boys be called in them my name and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac may they multiply to a multitude in the midst of the earth

About this coordinate

Genesis 48:16:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 48:16, so the Hebrew word אֲבֹתַ֖י (avotai) 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.48.16.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.16.W11.S1) and character.