1 Samuel 17:32:71 Sam.17.32.W7TAB
עַבְדְּךָ֣
avdekha
“your servant”
- Transliteration
- av-de-KHA
- Extended
- ahv-deh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʕavdˈdɛ.xaː/
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
av-de-KHA ye-LEKH
- clause
av-de-KHA ye-LEKH ve-nil-KHAM im-ha-pe-lish-TI ha-ZE
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-sha-UL al-yip-POL lev-a-DAM a-LAV av-de-KHA ye-LEKH ve-nil-KHAM im-ha-pe-lish-TI ha-ZE
Exegesis
The speaker’s self-designation ʿabdēḵā {עַבְדְּךָ | ʿabdēḵā} ‘your servant’ serves as the subject of the vav-consecutive imperfects yēlēkh {יֵלֵךְ | yēlēkh} ‘will go’ and wə-nilḥām {וְנִלְחַם | wə-nilḥām} ‘and will fight.’
In context — 1 Samuel 17:32
David said to Saul, “Let no one’s heart falter because of him; your servant will go and fight this Philistine .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:32:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 17:32, so the Hebrew word עַבְדְּךָ֣ (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 Sam.17.32.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.32.W7.S1) and character.