Daniel 2:4:11Dan.2.4.W11TAB
לְעַבְדָ֖ךְ
leavdakh
“to your servant”
- Transliteration
- le-av-DAKH
- Extended
- leh-av-DAAKH
- IPA
- /ləʕavˈdɑːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- to your servant
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-av-DAKH
- phraseyour reading level
leh-av-DEE-KHA le-av-DAKH
- clause
mal-KA le-al-MIN khe-YI e-MAR khel-MA leh-av-DEE-KHA le-av-DAKH u-fish-RA neh-khah-VEH
- sentence
va-ye-da-BE-ru ha-kas-DEEM la-ME-lekh a-ra-MIT mal-KA le-al-MIN khe-YI e-MAR khel-MA leh-av-DEE-KHA le-av-DAKH u-fish-RA neh-khah-VEH
Exegesis
Two imperatival moves then drive the request: emar {אֱמַ֥ר | ʾĕmar} ‘say’ governs khelma {חֶלְמָ֛א | ḥel-māʾ} ‘the dream,’ with the indirect object expressed in servant language (including the courtly self-reference leavadakh {לְעַבְדָ֖ךְ | lə-ʿav-dāḵ}).
In context — Daniel 2:4
Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic , “O king , live forever. Say the dream to your servants, and we will make known the interpretation.”
About this coordinate
Daniel 2:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Daniel 2:4, so the Hebrew word לְעַבְדָ֖ךְ (leavdakh) 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.2.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.4.W11.S1) and character.