2 Samuel 14:30:22 Sam.14.30.W2TAB
אֶל־עֲבָדָ֜יו
elavadaiv
“to his servants”
- Transliteration
- el-a-va-DAIV
- Extended
- ehl-ah-vah-DAAIV
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʕăvaːˈdaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- to his servants
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
el-a-va-DAIV
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER el-a-va-DAIV
- clause
va-yo-MER el-a-va-DAIV re-U KHEL-kat yo-AV el-ya-DI ve-LO-SHAM se-o-RIM le-KHU ve-ho-tse-TI-ya ve-hats-si-TU-ha va-ESH
- sentence
va-yo-MER el-a-va-DAIV re-U KHEL-kat yo-AV el-ya-DI ve-LO-SHAM se-o-RIM le-KHU ve-ho-tse-TI-ya ve-hats-si-TU-ha va-ESH va-yats-tsi-TU av-DE av-sha-LOM et-ha-khel-KA ba-ESH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-avadav {אֶל־עֲבָדָיו | ʾel-ʿăw-wā-ḏāyw} ‘to his servants’ marks the addressees.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ-b-d
“to serve, work”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:30
And he said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:30:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 14:30, so the Hebrew word אֶל־עֲבָדָ֜יו (elavadaiv) 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.14.30.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.30.W2.S1) and character.