וַעֲבָדָ֥יו

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַעֲבָדָ֥יו

   va-a-va-DAV

   and his servants
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַעֲבָדָ֥יו עִמּ֛וֹ

   va-a-va-DAV IM-mo

   and his servants with him
3. clause🔊 וַיֵּ֨רֶד דָּוִ֜ד וַעֲבָדָ֥יו עִמּ֛וֹ וַיִלָּחֲמ֥וּ אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים וַיָּ֥עַף דָּוִֽד׃

   va-YE-red da-VID va-a-va-DAV IM-mo va-yil-la-kha-MU et-pe-lish-TIM va-YA-af da-VID

   and he went down David and his servants with him and they fought the Philistines and he grew weary David
4. sentence🔊 וַתְּהִי־ע֧וֹד מִלְחָמָ֛ה לַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֵּ֨רֶד דָּוִ֜ד וַעֲבָדָ֥יו עִמּ֛וֹ וַיִלָּחֲמ֥וּ אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים וַיָּ֥עַף דָּוִֽד׃

   va-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA lap-pe-lish-TIM et-yis-ra-EL va-YE-red da-VID va-a-va-DAV IM-mo va-yil-la-kha-MU et-pe-lish-TIM va-YA-af da-VID

   and there was again war to the Philistines with Israel and he went down David and his servants with him and they fought the Philistines and he grew weary David

Exegesis

The subsequent vav-consecutive vayyēred {וַיֵּרֶד | way-yā-reḏ} introduces the main subject David and is followed by the noun phrase va-avadav {וַעֲבָדָיו | wa-ʿă-vā-ḏāw} ‘his servants’, emphasizing joint participation.

Root and etymology

ʿ-b-d🔊 ayin–bet–dalet

“servant, worker”

• 🔊 עֲבוֹדָהʿa-vō-ḏāhservice, laborGenesis 2:5