2 Samuel 15:2:232 Sam.15.2.W23TAB
עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃
avdekha
“your servant”
- Transliteration
- av-DE-kha
- Extended
- ahv-DEH-khaa
- IPA
- /ʕavˈdɛ.xaː/
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
- clause
va-ye-HI kol-ha-ISH a-sher-yi-HE-ye-lo-RIV la-VO el-ha-ME-lekh la-mish-PAT va-yik-RA av-sha-LOM e-LAV va-yo-MER e-mi-ZE IR a-TA va-yo-MER me-a-KHAD shiv-TE-yi-yis-ra-EL av-DE-kha
- sentence
ve-hish-KIM av-sha-LOM ve-a-MAD al-YAD DE-rekh ha-SHA-ar va-ye-HI kol-ha-ISH a-sher-yi-HE-ye-lo-RIV la-VO el-ha-ME-lekh la-mish-PAT va-yik-RA av-sha-LOM e-LAV va-yo-MER e-mi-ZE IR a-TA va-yo-MER me-a-KHAD shiv-TE-yi-yis-ra-EL av-DE-kha
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-dayin–bet–dalet
“to serve”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:2
Absalom rose early and stood beside the road at the gate. And it happened that whenever any man had a dispute to come to the king for judgment , Absalom would call to him and say, “From which city are you?” And he would say, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:2:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of 2 Samuel 15:2, so the Hebrew word עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃ (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.15.2.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.2.W23.S1) and character.