2 Chronicles 12:8:52 Chr.12.8.W5TAB
עֲב֣וֹדָתִ֔י
avodati
“my service”
- Transliteration
- a-vo-da-TI
- Extended
- ah-voh-dah-TEE
- IPA
- /ʕăvoːðaːˈtʰiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my service
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
a-vo-da-TI
- clause
ve-ye-de-U a-vo-da-TI va-a-vo-DAT mam-le-KHOT ha-a-ra-TSOT
- 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 parallel nominal constructs avodati {עֲבוֹדָתִי | ʿă-vŏ-dā-tî} ‘service of me’ and vaavodat mamlakhot haaratsot {וַעֲבוֹדַת מַמְלְכוֹת הָאֲרָצוֹת | va-ʿă-vŏ-daṯ mam-le-ḵô-wṯ hā-ʾă-rā-ṣôṯ} ‘service of the kingdoms of the lands’ create a chiastic structure contrasting divine service with service of earthly powers. The English rendering preserves this parallelism and highlights the theological distinction of service relationships.
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 12:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 12:8, so the Hebrew word עֲב֣וֹדָתִ֔י (avodati) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.8.W5.S1) and character.