2 Chronicles 24:18:62 Chr.24.18.W6TAB
וַיַּֽעַבְד֥וּ
vayaavdu
“and they served”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-av-DU
- Extended
- vah-yah-ahv-DOO
- IPA
- /vaj.ja.ʕavˈduː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they served
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-av-DU
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-av-DU ET-ha-a-she-RIM
- clause
va-ya-az-VU ET-BET ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-te-HEM va-ya-av-DU ET-ha-a-she-RIM ve-ET-ha-a-tsa-BIM
- sentence
va-ya-az-VU ET-BET ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-te-HEM va-ya-av-DU ET-ha-a-she-RIM ve-ET-ha-a-tsa-BIM va-ye-HI-KE-tsef al-ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-yim be-ash-ma-TAM ZOT
Exegesis
The contrast is marked by wayyaʿaḇdū {וַיַּֽעַבְד֥וּ | wayyaʿaḇdū} ‘and they served,’ with ʾet ha-ʾăšērîm {אֶת־הָאֲשֵׁרִ֖ים | ʾet ha-ʾă-šērîm} ‘the Asherim’ and wə-ʾet ha-ʿăṣābbīm {וְאֶת־הָֽעֲצַבִּ֑ים | wə-ʾet ha-ʿă-ṣab-bîm} ‘and the idols.’
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:18
And they forsook the house of the LORD , the God of their fathers, and they served the Asherim and the idols. Then wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem because of their guilt .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 24:18, so the Hebrew word וַיַּֽעַבְד֥וּ (vayaavdu) 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.24.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.18.W6.S1) and character.