Genesis 9:23:17Gen.9.23.W17PAT
אֲבִיהֶ֖ם
avihem
“their father”
- Transliteration
- a-vi-HEM
- Extended
- ah-vee-HEM
- IPA
- /ʔă.viːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their father
- French
- leur père
- Spanish
- su padre
- Portuguese
- seu pai
- German
- ihres Vaters
- Russian
- их отца
- Arabic-Simplified
- أَبِيهِمَا
- Hindi
- उनके पिता की
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们父亲的
- Korean
- 그들의 아버지의
- Indonesian
- ayah mereka
- Bengali
- তাদের পিতার
- Tagalog
- kanilang ama
- Swahili
- baba yao
- Amharic
- የአባታቸው
- Yoruba
- baba wọn
- Igbo
- nna ha
- Twi
- wɔn agya
- Ewe
- woƒe fofo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-vi-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-er-VAT a-vi-HEM
- clause
u-fe-NEE-HEM a-KHO-ra-NIT ve-er-VAT a-vi-HEM LO ra-U
- sentence
va-yi-KAKH SHEM va-YE-fet ET-ha-sim-LA va-ya-SI-mu al-she-KHEM sheh-nee-HEM va-ye-le-KHU a-KHO-ra-NIT va-ye-kha-SU ET ehr-VAT a-vi-HEM u-fe-NEE-HEM a-KHO-ra-NIT ve-er-VAT a-vi-HEM LO ra-U
In context — Genesis 9:23
Shem and Japheth took the garment placed on the shoulders of both of them went backward covered nakedness of their father and their faces backward and nakedness of their father did not see
About this coordinate
Genesis 9:23:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Genesis 9:23, so the Hebrew word אֲבִיהֶ֖ם (avihem) 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.9.23.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.23.W17.S1) and character.