2 Samuel 15:8:32 Sam.15.8.W3TAB
עַבְדְּךָ֔
avdekha
“your servant”
- Transliteration
- av-de-KHA
- Extended
- ahv-deh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʕavdˈdə.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 | |
| 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
na-DAR av-de-KHA
- clause
ki-NE-der na-DAR av-de-KHA be-shiv-TI vig-SHUR ba-a-RAM le-MOR
- sentence
ki-NE-der na-DAR av-de-KHA be-shiv-TI vig-SHUR ba-a-RAM le-MOR im-ya-SHIV ya-SHOV ye-shi-VE-ni ye-ho-VAH ye-ru-sha-LA-im ve-a-vad-TI et-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The term ʿavdeḵa {עַבְדְּךָ֔ | ʿavdeḵa} signals humble self-reference, while the prepositional chain bə-šivtî {בְּשִׁבְתִּ֥י | bə-šivtî}, bigšūr {בִגְשׁ֛וּר | bigšūr}, and ba-ʾăram {בַּאֲרָ֖ם | ba-ʾăram} situates the vow in geographic exile.
Root and etymology
Rootʿayin–bet–dalet
“to work, serve, worship”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:8
“For your servant made a vow while I was living in Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 15:8, so the Hebrew word עַבְדְּךָ֔ (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.15.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.8.W3.S1) and character.