2 Samuel 13:24:102 Sam.13.24.W10TAB
וַעֲבָדָ֖יו
vaavadav
“and his servants”
- Transliteration
- va-a-va-DAV
- Extended
- vah-ah-vah-DAAV
- IPA
- /vaʕa.vaːˈdaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- and his servants
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
va-a-va-DAV
- clause
ye-LEKH-na ha-ME-lekh va-a-va-DAV im-av-DE-kha
- sentence
va-ya-VO av-sha-LOM el-ha-ME-lekh va-yo-MER hi-NE-na go-ze-ZIM le-av-DE-kha ye-LEKH-na ha-ME-lekh va-a-va-DAV im-av-DE-kha
Exegesis
The coordination of hammelekh vaavadav {הַמֶּלֶךְ וַעֲבָדָיו | hammeleḵ wa-ʿă-vā-dāw} groups the king and his servants as invited participants. English maintains the Hebrew VSO order and uses a semicolon to reflect the parallel clauses.
Root and etymology
‘-b-dayin–bet–dalet
“servant, service”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:24
And Absalom came to the king and said, “Behold now, the shearers are with your servant; let the king and his servants go with your servant.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:24:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 13:24, so the Hebrew word וַעֲבָדָ֖יו (vaavadav) 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 Sam.13.24.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.24.W10.S1) and character.