1 Chronicles 18:7:91 Chr.18.7.W9TAB
עַבְדֵ֣י
avdei
“servants of”
- Transliteration
- av-DEI
- Extended
- ahv-DEE
- IPA
- /ʕavˈdeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- servants of
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
av-DEI
- phraseyour reading level
av-DEI ha-dad-a-ZER
- clause
va-yik-KAKH da-VID ET shil-TEI ha-za-HAV a-SHER ha-YU AL av-DEI ha-dad-a-ZER
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH da-VID ET shil-TEI ha-za-HAV a-SHER ha-YU AL av-DEI ha-dad-a-ZER va-ye-vi-EM ye-ru-sha-LIM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al avdei Hadadezer {עַל עַבְדֵי הֲדַדְעָזֶר | ʿal ʿăḇdê Ḥăḏaddeʿāzēr} ‘on the servants of Hadadezer’ specifies ownership.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-dayin–bet–dalet
“to serve”
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:7
David took the gold shields that were upon the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Chronicles 18:7, so the Hebrew word עַבְדֵ֣י (avdei) 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.18.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.7.W9.S1) and character.