1 Chronicles 17:26:61 Chr.17.26.W6TAB
עַֽל־עַבְדְּךָ֔
alavdekha
“concerning your servant”
- Transliteration
- al-av-de-KHA
- Extended
- ahl-ahv-deh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʕavˈdɛ.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- concerning your servant
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-av-de-KHA
- clause
va-te-da-BER al-av-de-KHA ha-to-VA ha-ZOT
- sentence
ve-a-TA ye-ho-VAH a-TA-hu ha-e-lo-HIM va-te-da-BER al-av-de-KHA ha-to-VA ha-ZOT
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive wa-tedabber {וַתְּדַבֵּר | wat-təḏabber} ‘and you spoke’ introduces the divine speech act, with the prepositional phrase ’al-’aḇdeḵā {עַל־עַבְדְּךָ | ’al-’aḇdeḵā} ‘concerning your servant’ functioning as its direct object.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–bet–dalet
“servant, to serve”
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:26
And now, Lord God , You are the God, and You have spoken this good thing concerning Your servant.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:26:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Chronicles 17:26, so the Hebrew word עַֽל־עַבְדְּךָ֔ (alavdekha) 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.17.26.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.26.W6.S1) and character.