2 Samuel 14:22:122 Sam.14.22.W12TAB
עַבְדְּךָ֜
avdekha
“your servant”
- Transliteration
- av-de-KHA
- Extended
- ahv-deh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʕav.dəˈχaː/
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
ha-YOM ya-DA av-de-KHA
- clause
va-yo-MER yo-AV ha-YOM ya-DA av-de-KHA ki-ma-tsa-TI KHEN be-e-NE-kha a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh a-sher-a-SA ha-ME-lekh et-de-VAR av-DO av-DE-kha
- sentence
va-yi-POL yo-AV el-pa-NAV AR-tsa va-yish-ta-KHU va-ye-va-REKH et-ha-ME-lekh va-yo-MER yo-AV ha-YOM ya-DA av-de-KHA ki-ma-tsa-TI KHEN be-e-NE-kha a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh a-sher-a-SA ha-ME-lekh et-de-VAR av-DO av-DE-kha
Exegesis
The construct chain devar avdecha {דְּבַ֥ר עַבְדְּךָ | dəḇar ʿaḇdəkā} links “word” and “servant” into a petition.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ-b-d
“to serve, work”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:22
And Joab fell on his face to the ground and bowed down, and he blessed the king. Then Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your eyes, my lord the king , because the king has fulfilled the word of his servant.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:22:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 14:22, so the Hebrew word עַבְדְּךָ֜ (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.14.22.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.22.W12.S1) and character.