1 Samuel 20:8:31 Sam.20.8.W3TAB
עַל־עַבְדֶּ֔ךָ
alavdekha
“upon your servant”
- Transliteration
- al-AV-de-KHA
- Extended
- ahl-av-DEH-khah
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʕavdˈdɛ.xɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon your servant
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-AV-de-KHA
- sentence
ve-a-SI-ta KHE-sed al-AV-de-KHA KI biv-RIT Ye-ho-VAH he-VE-ta et-AV-de-KHA im-MAKH
Exegesis
The causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ introduces heveita {הֵבֵאתָ | hē-vē-ṯā} ‘you have brought’ in a construct chain with avdkha berit {עַבְדְּךָ בְּרִית | ʿaḇə-ḏḵā bə-rît} ‘your servant into covenant’, naming YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} as partner.
Root and etymology
ע־ב־ד
“to serve”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:8
Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you. Yet if there is guilt in me, strike me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 20:8, so the Hebrew word עַל־עַבְדֶּ֔ךָ (alavdekha) 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.20.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.8.W3.S1) and character.