2 Samuel 19:6:122 Sam.19.6.W12TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:7
וַעֲבָדִ֔ים
vaavadim
“and servants”
- Transliteration
- va-a-va-DIM
- Extended
- vah-ah-vah-DIHM
- IPA
- /saːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and servants
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-va-DIM
- phraseyour reading level
sa-RIM va-a-va-DIM
- clause
KI hig-GAD-ta ha-YOM KI EN le-KHA sa-RIM va-a-va-DIM KI ya-da-TI ha-YOM KI LU av-sha-LOM KHAI ve-kul-LA-nu ha-YOM me-TIM KI-AZ ya-SHAR be-e-NE-kha
- sentence
le-a-ha-VA et-so-ne-E-kha u-le-sin-O et-o-ha-VE-kha KI hig-GAD-ta ha-YOM KI EN le-KHA sa-RIM va-a-va-DIM KI ya-da-TI ha-YOM KI LU av-sha-LOM KHAI ve-kul-LA-nu ha-YOM me-TIM KI-AZ ya-SHAR be-e-NE-kha
Exegesis
The negative existential ein sarim ve-avadim {אֵין שָׂרִים וְעַבְדִּ֔ים | ʾên śā-rîm wə-ʿaḇ-dîm} asserts absence and insignificance of social rank.
Root and etymology
ע־ב־ד
“to serve”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:6
To love those who hate you and to hate those who love you, for you have declared today that neither princes nor servants matter to you. For I know today that if Avshalom were alive and we were all dead today, it would be right in your eyes.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:6:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 19:6, so the Hebrew word וַעֲבָדִ֔ים (vaavadim) 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.19.6.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.6.W12.S1) and character.