עֲבָדִ֖ים

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עֲבָדִ֖ים

   a-va-DIM

   servants
2. clause🔊 וַיָּ֤שֶׂם דָּוִיד֙ בַּאֲרַ֣ם דַּרְמֶ֔שֶׂק וַיְהִ֤י אֲרָם֙ לְדָוִ֔יד עֲבָדִ֖ים נֹשְׂאֵ֣י מִנְחָ֑ה

   va-ya-SEM da-VID ba-a-RAM dar-me-SEK va-ye-HI a-RAM le-da-VID a-va-DIM no-se-E min-kha

   and he put or placed David in Aram or Syria Dammesek or Damascus and it was or and they became Aram or Syria to David or for David servants bearing or bringing tribute or gift offering
3. sentence🔊 וַיָּ֤שֶׂם דָּוִיד֙ בַּאֲרַ֣ם דַּרְמֶ֔שֶׂק וַיְהִ֤י אֲרָם֙ לְדָוִ֔יד עֲבָדִ֖ים נֹשְׂאֵ֣י מִנְחָ֑ה וַיּ֤וֹשַׁע יְהוָה֙ לְדָוִ֔יד בְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָלָֽךְ׃

   va-ya-SEM da-VID ba-a-RAM dar-me-SEK va-ye-HI a-RAM le-da-VID a-va-DIM no-se-E min-kha va-yo-SHA Ye-ho-VAH le-da-VID be-KHOL a-SHER ha-LAKH

   and he put or placed David in Aram or Syria Dammesek or Damascus and it was or and they became Aram or Syria to David or for David servants bearing or bringing tribute or gift offering and he saved or delivered the LORD to David or for David in all or with all which or that he went

Exegesis

The narrative opens with wayyə́hî {וַיְהִי | wayyə́hî} ‘and it became’, introducing the result clause that ʾArām became ʿăvādîm {עֲבָדִים | ʿăvādîm} ‘servants’.

Root and etymology

ʿ-b-d🔊 ע־ב־דayin–bet–dalet

“servant, slave”

• 🔊 עָבַדʿāḇaḏto serve, workExodus 8:1