1 Samuel 18:23:21 Sam.18.23.W2TAB
עַבְדֵ֤י
avde
“servants of”
- Transliteration
- av-DE
- Extended
- ahv-DEE
- IPA
- /ʕavˈdeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- servants of
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
av-DE
- phraseyour reading level
av-DE sha-UL
- clause
va-ye-da-be-RU av-DE sha-UL be-oz-NE da-VID et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
- sentence
va-ye-da-be-RU av-DE sha-UL be-oz-NE da-VID et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le va-yo-MER da-VID han-ka-LA ve-e-ne-KHEM hit-khat-TEN ba-ME-lekh ve-a-no-KHI ish-RASH ve-nik-LE
Exegesis
The subject avdei Saul {עַבְדֵ֤י שָׁאוּל֙ | ʿăḇdê šāʾûl} ‘servants of Saul’ precedes the prepositional phrase beoznei David {בְּאָזְנֵ֣י דָוִ֔ד | bəʾôznê dāwîḏ} ‘in the ears of David’, indicating audience focus.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–bet–dalet
“servant”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:23
And the servants of Saul spoke these words in the ears of David, and David said, “Does it seem a small matter in your eyes to become the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor and lightly regarded man?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:23:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 18:23, so the Hebrew word עַבְדֵ֤י (avde) 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.18.23.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.23.W2.S1) and character.