1 Kings 20:6:51 Kgs.20.6.W5TAB
אֶת־עֲבָדַי֙
etavadai
“{the} my servants”
- Transliteration
- et-a-va-DAI
- Extended
- eht-ah-vah-DAI
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʕăvaːˈdaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- {the} my servants
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-a-va-DAI
- phraseyour reading level
e-she-LAKH et-a-va-DAI
- clause
KI im-ka-ET ma-KHAR e-she-LAKH et-a-va-DAI e-LE-kha ve-khip-pe-SU et-BET-kha ve-ET ba-TE a-va-DE-kha
- sentence
KI im-ka-ET ma-KHAR e-she-LAKH et-a-va-DAI e-LE-kha ve-khip-pe-SU et-BET-kha ve-ET ba-TE a-va-DE-kha ve-ha-YA kol-makh-MAD e-NE-kha ya-SI-mu be-ya-DAM ve-la-KHU
Exegesis
The direct-object marker ’et {אֵת | ’eṯ} introduces ’ăḇādāy {עֲבָדַי | ’ăḇādāy} “my servants,” followed by the beneficiary ’ēleḵā {אֵלֶיךָ | ’ēleḵā} “to you.”
Root and etymology
Rootʿ–b–d
“to serve, work”
In context — 1 Kings 20:6
Nevertheless, about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you, and they will search your house and the houses of your servants. And everything precious in your eyes they will place in their hand and carry it away.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 20:6, so the Hebrew word אֶת־עֲבָדַי֙ (etavadai) 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.20.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.6.W5.S1) and character.