2 Samuel 14:20:62 Sam.14.20.W6TAB
עַבְדְּךָ֥
avdekha
“your servant”
- Transliteration
- av-de-KHA
- Extended
- ahv-deh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʕavd.dəˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your servant
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 | |
| 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
av-de-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
av-de-KHA yo-AV
- clause
le-va-a-VUR sa-BEV et-pe-NE ha-da-VAR a-SA av-de-KHA yo-AV et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE
- sentence
le-va-a-VUR sa-BEV et-pe-NE ha-da-VAR a-SA av-de-KHA yo-AV et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE va-do-NI kha-KHAM ke-khokh-MAT mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM la-da-AT et-kal-a-SHER ba-A-rets
Exegesis
The main verb asah {עָשָׂה | ‘ā-śāh ‘he did’} is followed by the subject avdecha Yoav {עַבְדְּךָ יוֹאָב | ‘av-də-khā yō-’āḇ ‘your servant Joab’} and the object et-hadavar hazeh {אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה | ’et-had-dā-ḇār hazzēh ‘this matter’}.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ-b-d
“to serve, work”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:20
For the sake of turning the course of this matter, your servant Joab did this thing. And my lord is wise, like the wisdom of an angel of God , to know all that is in the land .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 14:20, so the Hebrew word עַבְדְּךָ֥ (avdekha) 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.14.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.20.W6.S1) and character.