2 Kings 17:33:62 Kgs.17.33.W6TAB
עֹֽבְדִ֔ים
ovehdim
“serving”
- Transliteration
- o-veh-DIM
- Extended
- oh-veh-DIHm
- IPA
- /ʕoːvðɪˈdiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- serving
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-veh-DIM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-YU o-veh-DIM
- clause
ve-et-e-lo-HE-hem ha-YU o-veh-DIM ke-mish-PAT ha-go-YIM a-sher-hig-LU o-TAM mi-SHAM
- sentence
et-Ye-ho-VAH ha-YU ye-re-IM ve-et-e-lo-HE-hem ha-YU o-veh-DIM ke-mish-PAT ha-go-YIM a-sher-hig-LU o-TAM mi-SHAM
Exegesis
The construction hayu {הָיוּ | hāyû} + participle (yereiim {יְרֵאִים | yərēʾîm} ‘fearing’, ovdim {עֹבְדִים | ʿōvədîm} ‘serving’) portrays continuing, habitual behavior rather than a single event, underscoring a sustained mixture of reverence and worship.
Root and etymology
consonantsAyin–Bet–Dalet
“serve, work”
In context — 2 Kings 17:33
They feared the LORD and they served their gods according to the custom of the nations from which they had been deported.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:33:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 17:33, so the Hebrew word עֹֽבְדִ֔ים (ovehdim) 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.17.33.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.33.W6.S1) and character.