1 Kings 20:23:11 Kgs.20.23.W1TAB
וְעַבְדֵ֨י
veavede
“and servants of”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-ve-DE
- Extended
- veh-ah-veh-DEE
- IPA
- /vəʕavˈdeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and servants of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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
ve-a-ve-DE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-ve-DE ME-lekh-a-RAM
- clause
ve-a-ve-DE ME-lekh-a-RAM am-RU e-LAV e-lo-HE ha-RIM e-lo-HE-hem al-KEN khaz-KU mim-ME-nu
- sentence
ve-a-ve-DE ME-lekh-a-RAM am-RU e-LAV e-lo-HE ha-RIM e-lo-HE-hem al-KEN khaz-KU mim-ME-nu ve-u-LAM nil-la-KHEM it-TAM bam-mi-SHOR im-LO ne-khe-ZAK me-HEM
Exegesis
The conjunctive vav in ve-avdei {וְעַבְדֵי | və-ʿaḇ-dey} ‘and servants of’ links the subject phrase to the preceding narrative.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-dayin–bet–dalet
“serve, labor”
In context — 1 Kings 20:23
And the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we. But let us fight with them in the plain , and surely we will be stronger than they.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 20:23, so the Hebrew word וְעַבְדֵ֨י (veavede) 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 Kgs.20.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.23.W1.S1) and character.