1 Samuel 17:34:61 Sam.17.34.W6TAB
עַבְדְּךָ֛
avdekha
“your servant”
- Transliteration
- av-de-KHA
- Extended
- ahv-deh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʕavˈdəkʰaː/
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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Word in context
- word
av-de-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
ro-EH ha-YA av-de-KHA
- clause
va-yo-MER da-VID el-sha-UL ro-EH ha-YA av-de-KHA le-a-VIV ba-TSON
- sentence
va-yo-MER da-VID el-sha-UL ro-EH ha-YA av-de-KHA le-a-VIV ba-TSON u-VA ha-a-RI ve-et-ha-DOV ve-na-SA SEH me-ha-E-der
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʾel-šā-ʾûl {אֶל־שָׁא֔וּל | ʾel-šā-ʾûl} ‘to Saul’ frames the audience, followed by the nominal clause rōʿeh hayah ʿaḇdêkā {רֹעֶה הָיָ֧ה עַבְדְּךָ֛ | rōʿeh hāyâ ʿaḇ-dê-kā} ‘a shepherd was your servant’, combining a participle and perfect verb to convey habitual past action.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:34
And David said to Saul, “Your servant was a shepherd for his father among the sheep, when a lion and a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:34:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 17:34, so the Hebrew word עַבְדְּךָ֛ (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.17.34.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.34.W6.S1) and character.