1 Kings 20:40:21 Kgs.20.40.W2TAB
עַבְדְּךָ֗
avdekha
“your servant”
- Transliteration
- av-de-KHA
- Extended
- ahv-deh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʕavdˈdəkʰaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
av-de-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI av-de-KHA
- clause
va-ye-HI av-de-KHA o-SE HE-na va-HE-na ve-HU e-NE-nu
- sentence
va-ye-HI av-de-KHA o-SE HE-na va-HE-na ve-HU e-NE-nu va-yo-MER e-LAV ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL KEN mish-pa-TE-kha a-TA kha-RATS-ta
Exegesis
The phrase avdekha {עַבְדְּךָ | ʿăḇəḏḵā} “your servant” establishes social hierarchy.
Root and etymology
ʿ–b–dayin–bet–dalet
“to serve”
In context — 1 Kings 20:40
And it happened that while your servant was doing this and that, he was not there. Then the king of Israel said to him, “So is your judgment; you have decided it yourself.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:40:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 20:40, so the Hebrew word עַבְדְּךָ֗ (avdekha) 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.20.40.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.40.W2.S1) and character.