1 Samuel 17:8:151 Sam.17.8.W15TAB
עֲבָדִ֣ים
avadim
“servants”
- Transliteration
- a-va-DIM
- Extended
- ah-vah-DEEM
- IPA
- /ʕăvaːˈdiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- servants
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-va-DIM
- phraseyour reading level
a-va-DIM le-sha-UL
- clause
ha-lo a-no-KHI ha-pe-lish-TI ve-a-TEM a-va-DIM le-sha-UL be-RU-la-KHEM ISH ve-ye-RED e-LAI
- sentence
va-ya-a-MOD va-yik-RA el-ma-a-re-KHOT yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER la-HEM la-MA te-tse-U la-a-ROKH mil-kha-MA ha-lo a-no-KHI ha-pe-lish-TI ve-a-TEM a-va-DIM le-sha-UL be-RU-la-KHEM ISH ve-ye-RED e-LAI
Root and etymology
ע־ב־ד
“to serve”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:8
He stood and summoned Israel’s ranks and addressed them, “Why have you come out to arrange battle ? Am I not a Philistine, and you servants of Saul ? Select one man from among you and let him come down to confront me.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:8:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Samuel 17:8, so the Hebrew word עֲבָדִ֣ים (avadim) 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.17.8.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.8.W15.S1) and character.