1 Chronicles 16:13:31 Chr.16.13.W3TAB
עַבְדּ֔וֹ
avdo
“his servant”
- Transliteration
- av-DO
- Extended
- ahv-DOH
- IPA
- /ʕavˈdoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his servant
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
av-DO
- phraseyour reading level
yis-ra-EL av-DO
- sentence
ZE-ra yis-ra-EL av-DO be-NE ya-a-KOV be-khi-RAV
Exegesis
The verse employs parallel appositional constructs: zera {זֶרַע | zĕ-rāʿ} ‘seed’ in construct with Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | Yiś-rāʾēl}, followed by avdo {עַבְדּוֹ | ʿaḇ-dō} ‘servant’ with a possessive suffix.
Root and etymology
“to serve”
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:13
Offspring of Israel, His servant , sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 16:13, so the Hebrew word עַבְדּ֔וֹ (avdo) 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 1 Chr.16.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.13.W3.S1) and character.