2 Kings 21:23:22 Kgs.21.23.W2TAB
עַבְדֵֽי־אָמ֖וֹן
avdeamon
“servants of Amon”
- Transliteration
- av-DE-a-MON
- Extended
- ahv-DEE-ah-MOHN
- IPA
- /ʕavˈdeː.ʔaːˈmoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- servants of Amon
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
av-DE-a-MON
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-she-RU av-DE-a-MON
- clause
va-yik-she-RU av-DE-a-MON a-LAV
- sentence
va-yik-she-RU av-DE-a-MON a-LAV va-ya-MI-tu et-ha-ME-lekh be-VE-TO
Exegesis
The construct phrase avdei {עַבְדֵי | ʿavdê} ‘servants of’ linked to the proper name Amon {אָמ֖וֹן | Āmōn} identifies royal attendants as agents, and the prepositional phrase alav {עָלָיו | ʿālāw} ‘against him’ specifies the target.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-dayin–beth–dalet
“servant”
In context — 2 Kings 21:23
And the servants of Amon conspired against him and put the king to death in his house .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:23:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 21:23, so the Hebrew word עַבְדֵֽי־אָמ֖וֹן (avdeamon) 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.21.23.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.23.W2.S1) and character.