1 Chronicles 18:13:61 Chr.18.13.W6TAB
עֲבָדִ֣ים
avadim
“servants”
- Transliteration
- a-va-DIM
- Extended
- ah-vah-DEEM
- IPA
- /ʕăvaːˈdiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- servants
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-va-DIM
- phraseyour reading level
a-va-DIM le-da-VID
- clause
va-ya-SEM be-e-DOm ne-tsi-VIM va-yih-YU khol-e-DOm a-va-DIM le-da-VID
- sentence
va-ya-SEM be-e-DOm ne-tsi-VIM va-yih-YU khol-e-DOm a-va-DIM le-da-VID va-yo-SHA ye-ho-VAH et-da-VID be-KHOL a-SHER ha-LAKH
Exegesis
The following vav consecutive vayihyu {וַיִּהְיוּ | wayyihiyû} ‘and they became’ introduces the resultant clause kol-ʼedom ʿăvādîm ləDavid {כָּל־אֱדֹם עֲבָדִים לְדָוִד | kāl-ʼĕḏōm ʿăḇādîm ləḏāwîḏ} ‘all Edom servants to David,’ highlighting subjugation.
Root and etymology
RootAyin–Bet–Dalet
“to serve, be subject”
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:13
And David set garrisons in Edom, and all Edom became servants to David. And the LORD saved David wherever he went .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Chronicles 18:13, so the Hebrew word עֲבָדִ֣ים (avadim) 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.18.13.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.13.W6.S1) and character.