2 Chronicles 34:13:82 Chr.34.13.W8TAB
וַעֲבוֹדָ֑ה
vaavoda
“and service”
- Transliteration
- va-a-vo-DA
- Extended
- vah-ah-voh-DAA
- IPA
- /va.ʕăvoːˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and service
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-vo-DA
- clause
ve-AL ha-sab-ba-LIM u-me-nats-khim le-KHOL o-SE me-la-KHA la-a-vo-DA va-a-vo-DA
- sentence
ve-AL ha-sab-ba-LIM u-me-nats-khim le-KHOL o-SE me-la-KHA la-a-vo-DA va-a-vo-DA u-me-hal-vi-YIM so-fe-RIM ve-shot-RIM ve-sho-a-RIM
Exegesis
The paired terms la-ʿăvōḏāh wa-ʿăvōḏāh {לַעֲבוֹדָה וַעֲבוֹדָה | la-ʿă-vō-ḏāh wa-ʿă-vō-ḏāh} ‘service and ministry’ intensify the range of duties.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-dayin–bet–dalet
“to work, serve”
In context — 2 Chronicles 34:13
And over the burden-bearers were overseers for all those performing the work in the service and ministry; and from the Levites were scribes and officials and gatekeepers .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 34:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 34:13, so the Hebrew word וַעֲבוֹדָ֑ה (vaavoda) 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.34.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.34.13.W8.S1) and character.