2 Samuel 18:7:62 Sam.18.7.W6TAB
עַבְדֵ֣י
avde
“servants of”
- Transliteration
- av-DE
- Extended
- ahv-DEE
- IPA
- /ʕavˈdeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- servants of
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
av-DE
- phraseyour reading level
av-DE da-VID
- clause
va-yin-NAG-fu SHAM AM yis-ra-EL lif-ne av-DE da-VID
- sentence
va-yin-NAG-fu SHAM AM yis-ra-EL lif-ne av-DE da-VID vat-te-HI-SHAM ham-mag-ge-FA ge-do-LA bay-YOM ha-HU es-rim A-lef
Exegesis
The nominal clause ʿam yisraʼēl {עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʿam yisraʼēl} ‘people Israel’ functions as subject, with the prepositional phrase liṿnê ʿăḇdē Dāwîḏ {לִפְנֵ֛י עַבְדֵי דָּוִ֖ד | liṿnê ʿăḇdē Dāwîḏ} marking the opposing force.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-d
“to serve”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:7
And there the people of Israel were struck down before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter on that day—twenty thousand men.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 18:7, so the Hebrew word עַבְדֵ֣י (avde) 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.18.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.7.W6.S1) and character.