2 Chronicles 9:7:42 Chr.9.7.W4TAB
עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ
avadekha
“your servants”
- Transliteration
- a-va-DE-kha
- Extended
- ah-vah-DEH-khaa
- IPA
- /ʕăvaːˈðɛxɑː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your servants
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-va-DE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
a-va-DE-kha E-le
- clause
ash-RE a-na-SHE-kha ve-ash-RE a-va-DE-kha E-le
- sentence
ash-RE a-na-SHE-kha ve-ash-RE a-va-DE-kha E-le ha-o-me-DIM le-fa-NE-kha ta-MID ve-sho-me-IM et-kha-khe-MA-te-kha
Exegesis
The verse opens with the participle ashrei {אַשְׁרֵי | ʾašrê} introducing praise applied first to anasheikha {אֲנָשֶׁיךָ | ʾănāšê-kha} and then to avadeikha {עֲבָדֶיךָ | ʿă-ḇā-dê-kha} through synonymous parallelism.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–bet–dalet
“servant; laborer”
In context — 2 Chronicles 9:7
Happy are your men , and happy are these your servants who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom , O King.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 9:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 9:7, so the Hebrew word עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ (avadekha) 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.9.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.9.7.W4.S1) and character.