2 Samuel 14:19:202 Sam.14.19.W20TAB
כִּֽי־עַבְדְּךָ֤
kiavdekha
“for your servant”
- Transliteration
- ki-AV-de-KHA
- Extended
- kee-AHV-deh-KHAA
- IPA
- /kiː.ʕavdˈdɛ.χaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for your servant
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-AV-de-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
ki-AV-de-KHA yo-AV
- clause
va-TA-an ha-i-SHA va-TO-mer KHEI-naf-she-KHA a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh im-ISH le-he-MIN u-le-has-MIL mi-KOL a-sher-di-BER a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh ki-AV-de-KHA yo-AV HU tsi-va-NI ve-HU SAM be-FI shif-kha-TE-KHA ET khol-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh ha-YAD yo-AV i-TAKH be-khol-ZOT va-TA-an ha-i-SHA va-TO-mer KHEI-naf-she-KHA a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh im-ISH le-he-MIN u-le-has-MIL mi-KOL a-sher-di-BER a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh ki-AV-de-KHA yo-AV HU tsi-va-NI ve-HU SAM be-FI shif-kha-TE-KHA ET khol-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
Root and etymology
Rootʿ-b-d
“to serve, work”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:19
And the king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” And the woman answered and said, “As surely as the soul of my lord the king lives, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything my lord the king has spoken, for your servant Joab commanded me and put all these words into the mouth of your maidservant .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:19:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 2 Samuel 14:19, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־עַבְדְּךָ֤ (kiavdekha) 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.14.19.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.19.W20.S1) and character.