2 Samuel 16:19:42 Sam.16.19.W4TAB
אֶֽעֱבֹ֔ד
eevod
“shall serve”
- Transliteration
- e-e-VOD
- Extended
- eh-eh-VOHD
- IPA
- /ʔɛ.ʕɛˈvoːð/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall serve
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-e-VOD
- phraseyour reading level
a-NI e-e-VOD
- clause
ve-ha-she-NIT le-MI a-NI e-e-VOD ha-LO lif-NE ve-NO
- sentence
ve-ha-she-NIT le-MI a-NI e-e-VOD ha-LO lif-NE ve-NO ka-a-SHER a-VAD-te-I lif-NE a-VI-kha KEN e-he-YE le-fa-NE-kha
Exegesis
The interrogative lə-mî {לְמִי֙ | lə-mî} ‘for whom’ combined with the independent pronoun ʾă-nî {אֲנִ֣י | ʾă-nî} ‘I’ and the imperfect ʾe-ʿe-ḇōḏ {אֶֽעֱבֹ֔ד | ʾe-ʿe-ḇōḏ} ‘will I serve’ expresses a rhetorical question.
Root and etymology
ʿ–b–d
“to serve, work”
In context — 2 Samuel 16:19
And secondly, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son ? Just as I served before your father, so I will be before you.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 16:19, so the Hebrew word אֶֽעֱבֹ֔ד (eevod) 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.16.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.19.W4.S1) and character.