1 Samuel 22:14:61 Sam.22.14.W6TAB
בְכָל־עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙
vekholavadekha
“among all your servants”
- Transliteration
- ve-khol-a-va-DE-kha
- Extended
- veh-khol-ah-vah-DEH-khah
- IPA
- /vəχɔl.ʕăvaːˈdɛj.χaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- among all your servants
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-khol-a-va-DE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
u-MI ve-khol-a-va-DE-kha
- clause
u-MI ve-khol-a-va-DE-kha ke-da-VID ne-e-MAN va-kha-TAN ha-ME-lekh ve-SAR el-mish-MA-te-kha ve-nikh-BAD be-VE-te-kha
- sentence
va-YA-an a-khi-ME-lekh et-ha-ME-lekh va-YO-mar u-MI ve-khol-a-va-DE-kha ke-da-VID ne-e-MAN va-kha-TAN ha-ME-lekh ve-SAR el-mish-MA-te-kha ve-nikh-BAD be-VE-te-kha
Exegesis
The interrogative ummî {וּמִ֤י | ummî} ‘and who’, with the prepositional phrase bə-ḵōl ʿăvâdeḵā {בְכָל־עֲבָדֶיךָ | among all your servants}, introduces a rhetorical comparison centering on kə-dāwîḏ {כְּדָוִד | David}, modified by the Niphal participle nəʾēmān {נֶאֱמָן | trustworthy}, conveying established reliability. The coordinate series vaḥaṭṭān … wə-sār …
Root and etymology
b-dbet–dalet
“linen, fine cloth”
In context — 1 Samuel 22:14
And Ahimelech answered the king and said, “And who among all your servants is like David , the king’s son-in-law, captain over your bodyguard , and honored in your house?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 22:14, so the Hebrew word בְכָל־עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ (vekholavadekha) 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.22.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.14.W6.S1) and character.