1 Chronicles 17:4:41 Chr.17.4.W4TAB
עַבְדִּ֔י
avdi
“my servant”
- Transliteration
- av-DI
- Extended
- ahv-DEE
- IPA
- /ʕavˈdiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
av-DI
- phraseyour reading level
el-da-VID av-DI
- clause
LEKH ve-a-MAR-ta el-da-VID av-DI KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
LEKH ve-a-MAR-ta el-da-VID av-DI KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH LO a-TA tiv-NE-li ha-BA-yit la-SHA-vet
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʾel dā-wīd ʿăv-dī {אֶל־דָּוִ֣יד עַבְדִּ֔י | ʾel dā-wīd ʿăv-dī} ‘to David my servant’ identifies the recipient.
Root and etymology
ע־ב־ד
“to serve”
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:4
Go and say to David my servant, “Thus says the LORD : You will not be the one to build the house for Me to dwell in.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:4:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 17:4, so the Hebrew word עַבְדִּ֔י (avdi) 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.17.4.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.4.W4.S1) and character.