1 Samuel 18:26:21 Sam.18.26.W2TAB
עֲבָדָ֤יו
avadav
“his servants”
- Transliteration
- a-va-DAV
- Extended
- ah-vah-DAAV
- IPA
- /ʕăvaːˈdaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- his 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-va-DAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-yag-GI-du a-va-DAV le-da-VID
- clause
va-yag-GI-du a-va-DAV le-da-VID ET-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le va-yi-SHAR ha-da-VAR be-e-NE da-VID le-hit-khat-TEN ba-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-yag-GI-du a-va-DAV le-da-VID ET-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le va-yi-SHAR ha-da-VAR be-e-NE da-VID le-hit-khat-TEN ba-ME-lekh ve-LO mal-E-u ha-ya-MIM
Exegesis
The subject avadav {עֲבָדָיו | ʿăvāḏāyw} ‘his servants’ bears a third person masculine singular pronominal suffix.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-dayin–bet–dalet
“to serve”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:26
And his servants told David these things, and the matter was pleasing in David’s eyes to marry the king’s daughter, but the days were not fulfilled .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:26:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 18:26, so the Hebrew word עֲבָדָ֤יו (avadav) 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.18.26.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.26.W2.S1) and character.