2 Kings 19:5:22 Kgs.19.5.W2TAB
עַבְדֵ֛י
avehde
“servants of”
- Transliteration
- a-veh-DE
- Extended
- ah-veh-DEH
- IPA
- /ʕavˈdeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- servants of
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-veh-DE
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u a-veh-DE ham-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu el-ye-sha-a-YA-hu
Exegesis
The phrase avdei hammelekh {עַבְדֵ֛י הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ | ʿaḇdê hammeleḵ} ‘servants of the king’ is a construct chain that identifies the group by their institutional relationship and authority-structure rather than by individuals.
Root and etymology
consonantsayin–bet–dalet
“to serve”
In context — 2 Kings 19:5
So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 19:5, so the Hebrew word עַבְדֵ֛י (avehde) 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.19.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.5.W2.S1) and character.