2 Samuel 19:20:32 Sam.19.20.W3TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:21
עַבְדְּךָ֔
avdekha
“your servant”
- Transliteration
- av-de-KHA
- Extended
- ahv-deh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʕavdˈkɔː/
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
ya-DA av-de-KHA
- clause
KI ya-DA av-de-KHA KI a-NI kha-ta-TI
- sentence
KI ya-DA av-de-KHA KI a-NI kha-ta-TI ve-hin-NE-ba-TI ha-YOM ri-SHON le-khol-BET yo-SEF la-RE-det lik-RAT a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The noun phrase avdekha {עַבְדְּךָ | ‘aḇ·dā·ḵā} “your servant” conveys humility.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-dayin–bet–dalet
“to serve”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:20
For your servant knows that I have sinned, and behold, I have come today as the first from all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 19:20, 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.19.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.20.W3.S1) and character.