2 Chronicles 12:8:32 Chr.12.8.W3TAB
לַעֲבָדִ֑ים
lavadim
“as servants”
- Transliteration
- la-va-DIM
- Extended
- lah-vah-DEE-m
- IPA
- /la.ʕa.vaːˈdiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- as servants
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
la-va-DIM
- clause
KI yih-ye-HU-LO la-va-DIM
- sentence
KI yih-ye-HU-LO la-va-DIM ve-ye-de-U a-vo-da-TI va-a-vo-DAT mam-le-KHOT ha-a-ra-TSOT
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase laavadim {לַעֲבָדִים | la-ʿă-vā-dîm} functions as a predicate nominative “as servants.”
Root and etymology
ע־ב־ד
“to serve, work, be a slave”
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:8
For they will be servants to him, and they will know My service and the service of the kingdoms of the lands.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 12:8, so the Hebrew word לַעֲבָדִ֑ים (lavadim) 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 2 Chr.12.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.8.W3.S1) and character.