2 Kings 17:13:242 Kgs.17.13.W24TAB
עֲבָדַ֥י
avaday
“my servants”
- Transliteration
- a-va-DAY
- Extended
- ah-vah-DAI
- IPA
- /ʕăvaːˈdaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- my 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-va-DAY
- phraseyour reading level
a-va-DAY han-ne-vi-IM
- clause
va-a-SHER sha-lakh-TI a-le-KHEM be-YAD a-va-DAY han-ne-vi-IM
- sentence
va-ya-AD ye-ho-VAH be-yis-ra-EL u-vi-hu-DA be-YAD KAL-ne-vi-A-v ne-vi-E khol-kho-ZE le-MOR shu-VU mi-dar-khe-KHEM ha-ra-IM ve-shim-RU mits-vo-TAY khu-kko-TAY ke-khol-ha-to-RA a-SHER tsi-vi-TI et-a-vo-te-KHEM va-a-SHER sha-lakh-TI a-le-KHEM be-YAD a-va-DAY han-ne-vi-IM
Exegesis
The closing phrase be-YAD avadai ha-nevi’im {בְּיַ֖ד עֲבָדַ֥י הַנְּבִיאִֽים | bə-yāḏ ’ă-ḇā-ḏāy hannĕ-ḇî’îm} mirrors the opening agency, reinforcing the mediated divine authority.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–bet–dalet
“to serve, work”
In context — 2 Kings 17:13
And the LORD warned Israel and Judah through all His prophets and every seer, saying, “Turn back from your evil ways and keep my commandments and my statutes , according to all the law which I commanded your fathers and which I sent to you through my servants the prophets.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:13:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of 2 Kings 17:13, so the Hebrew word עֲבָדַ֥י (avaday) 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.17.13.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.13.W24.S1) and character.