Daniel 2:49:12Dan.2.49.W12TAB
וַעֲבֵ֣ד
aved
“Abed”
- Transliteration
- a-VED
- Extended
- ah-VEED
- IPA
- /wa.ʕaˈveːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- Abed
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-VED
- phraseyour reading level
a-VED neh-GO
- clause
veh-da-nee-EL beh-AA min-mal-KA oo-man-NI AL a-vee-TAA DI meh-dee-NAT ba-VEL leh-shad-RAKH ME-shakh a-VED neh-GO
- sentence
veh-da-nee-EL beh-AA min-mal-KA oo-man-NI AL a-vee-TAA DI meh-dee-NAT ba-VEL leh-shad-RAKH ME-shakh a-VED neh-GO veh-da-nee-EL bit-RA mal-KA
Exegesis
The infinitive l’shadrakh {לְשַׁדְרַךְ | lə-šad-raḵ} ‘to Shadrach’, coordinated with meishakh {מֵישַׁךְ | mēy-šaḵ} ‘Meshach’ and va-aved nego {וַעֲבֵד נְגוֹ | va-ʿă-ḇēḏ nə-ḡō} ‘and Abed-Nego’, enumerates the three appointees.
In context — Daniel 2:49
And Daniel requested from the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego over the affairs of the province of Babylon. However, Daniel sat at the gate of the king.
About this coordinate
Daniel 2:49:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Daniel 2:49, so the Hebrew word וַעֲבֵ֣ד (aved) 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.2.49.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.49.W12.S1) and character.