Daniel 1:12:2Dan.1.12.W2TAB
אֶת־עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ
etavadekha
“your servants”
- Transliteration
- et-a-va-DE-kha
- Extended
- eht-ah-vah-DEH-khaa
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʕăvaːˈdɛjxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your servants
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-a-va-DE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
nas-NA et-a-va-DE-kha
- clause
nas-NA et-a-va-DE-kha ya-MIM a-sa-RA
- sentence
nas-NA et-a-va-DE-kha ya-MIM a-sa-RA ve-yit-NU-LA-nu min-ha-ze-ro-IM ve-no-khe-LA u-MA-yim ve-nish-TE
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} introduces avadekha {עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ | ʿă-ḇā-ḏe-ḵā} ‘your servants’ as the recipients of the testing.
Root and etymology
ע־ב־ד
“serve, servant”
In context — Daniel 1:12
Please put your servants to the test for ten days, and let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink.
About this coordinate
Daniel 1:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Daniel 1:12, so the Hebrew word אֶת־עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ (etavadekha) 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 Dan.1.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.1.12.W2.S1) and character.