2 Chronicles 6:21:32 Chr.6.21.W3TAB
עַבְדְּךָ֙
avdekha
“your servant”
- Transliteration
- av-de-KHA
- Extended
- ahv-deh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʕavˈdəkʰaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your servant
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
av-de-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
el-ta-kha-nu-NE av-de-KHA
- clause
ve-sha-MA-ta el-ta-kha-nu-NE av-de-KHA ve-am-me-KHA yis-ra-EL a-SHER yit-pa-le-LU el-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE
- sentence
ve-sha-MA-ta el-ta-kha-nu-NE av-de-KHA ve-am-me-KHA yis-ra-EL a-SHER yit-pa-le-LU el-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-a-TA tish-MA mim-me-KOM shiv-te-KHA min-ha-sha-MA-yim ve-sha-MA-ta ve-sa-LAKH-ta
Exegesis
The construct chain el-tachanunei avdecha {אֶל־תַּחֲנוּנֵי עַבְדְּךָ | ʾel-taḥănûnê ʿavdəkā} ‘to the supplications of your servant’ foregrounds individual intercession, immediately broadened by ve-ammecha yisrael {וְעַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל | wəʿammeḵā yiśrāʾēl} for communal inclusivity.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-dayin–bet–dalet
“servant, worker”
In context — 2 Chronicles 6:21
And You hear the supplications of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from Your dwelling place in heaven, and when You hear, forgive.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 6:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 6:21, so the Hebrew word עַבְדְּךָ֙ (avdekha) 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.6.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.6.21.W3.S1) and character.