2 Chronicles 33:22:162 Chr.33.22.W16TAB
וַיַּֽעַבְדֵֽם׃
vayaavdem
“and he served them”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-av-DEM
- Extended
- vah-yah-ahv-DEEM
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕavˈdeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he served them
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-av-DEM
- clause
u-le-KHOL-ha-pe-si-LIM a-SHER a-SA me-na-SHE a-VIV zi-BAKH a-MON va-ya-av-DEM
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH ka-a-SHER a-SA me-na-SHE a-VIV u-le-KHOL-ha-pe-si-LIM a-SHER a-SA me-na-SHE a-VIV zi-BAKH a-MON va-ya-av-DEM
Exegesis
The narrative sequence resumes with the vav-consecutive imperfect vayya'avdem {וַיַּֽעַבְדֵֽם׃ | vai-yyi-ʿab-dēm} as a single verb form “and he served them.” English renders these Hebrew structures as past tense with coordinating conjunctions to preserve the source’s chronological flow.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-dabad
“to serve, work”
In context — 2 Chronicles 33:22
He did evil in the eyes of the LORD , just as his father Manasseh had done. To all the idols that his father Manasseh had made, Amon sacrificed and served them.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 33:22:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Chronicles 33:22, so the Hebrew word וַיַּֽעַבְדֵֽם׃ (vayaavdem) 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.33.22.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.33.22.W16.S1) and character.