2 Kings 14:5:72 Kgs.14.5.W7TAB
אֶת־עֲבָדָ֔יו
etavadaiv
“{direct object marker} his servants”
- Transliteration
- ET-a-va-DAIV
- Extended
- EHT-ah-vah-DAAIV
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.ʕăvaˈdaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object marker} his servants
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ET-a-va-DAIV
- clause
va-YAKH ET-a-va-DAIV ham-ma-KHIM ET-ha-ME-lekh a-VIV
- sentence
va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER kha-ze-KA ham-mam-la-KHA be-ya-DO va-YAKH ET-a-va-DAIV ham-ma-KHIM ET-ha-ME-lekh a-VIV
Exegesis
The Hiphil participle hamakkim {הַמַּכִּים | ham-maḵ-kîm} ‘the ones striking’ modifies et-avadav {אֶת־עֲבָדָיו | ʾet-ʿā-vā-ḏāw} ‘his servants’, specifying the victims, and the sequence et-hamelech {אֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ | ʾet-ham-mé-leḵ} ‘the king’ with aviv {אָבִיו | ʾā-vîw} ‘his father’ completes the object. Hebrew often uses participial modification to express causality, here rendered in English with a defining relative clause to capture the causal relationship.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-dayin–bet–dalet
“serve”
In context — 2 Kings 14:5
And it happened, when the kingdom had become secure in his grasp, that he struck the servants who had struck the king his father.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 14:5, so the Hebrew word אֶת־עֲבָדָ֔יו (etavadaiv) 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 Kgs.14.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.5.W7.S1) and character.