2 Samuel 18:9:42 Sam.18.9.W4TAB
עַבְדֵ֣י
avde
“the servants of”
- Transliteration
- av-DE
- Extended
- ahv-DEE
- IPA
- /ʕavˈdeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the 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-yik-KA-re av-sha-LOM lif-NE av-DE da-VID
- sentence
va-yik-KA-re av-sha-LOM lif-NE av-DE da-VID ve-av-sha-LOM ro-KHEV al-ha-PE-red va-ya-VO ha-PE-red TA-khat SO-vek ha-e-LA hag-do-LA va-ye-khe-ZAK ro-SHO ba-e-LA va-yit-TAN BEN ha-sha-MA-yim u-VEN ha-A-rets ve-ha-PE-red a-sher-TA-khta-v a-VAR
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lifnei avdei David {לִפְנֵי עַבְדֵי דָּוִד | líf-nê ʿă-və-dê dā-vīd} situates Absalom before David’s attendants.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-d
“to serve”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:9
And it happened that Absalom came before the servants of David, and he was riding on a mule that went under the thick branches of a great oak. His head became caught in the oak, and he was left hanging between the heavens and the earth while the mule that was under him continued on its way.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 18:9, 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.18.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.9.W4.S1) and character.