Deuteronomy 13:6:12Deut.13.6.W12TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:7
וְנַעַבְדָה֙
venaavda
“and let us serve”
- Transliteration
- ve-na-av-DA
- Extended
- veh-nah-av-DAH
- IPA
- /vənaʕavˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and let us serve
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-na-av-DA
- clause
nel-KHA ve-na-av-DA e-lo-HIM a-SHER lo-ya-da-TA a-TA va-a-vo-TEI-kha me-o-LAM
- sentence
ki-ya-si-TKHAF a-KHI-kha ben-i-MEKH-kha o-vin-KHA o-vit-KHA o-E-shet-KHEI-ke-kha o-re-a-KHA a-SHER ke-naf-SHE-kha ba-SE-ter le-MOR nel-KHA ve-na-av-DA e-lo-HIM a-SHER lo-ya-da-TA a-TA va-a-vo-TEI-kha me-o-LAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase baseter {בַּסֵּתֶר | ba·sê·ṯer} “in secret” marks covert action, and the infinitive lemor {לֵאמֹר | lē·môr} leads into the cohortative forms nēl·kā {נֵלְכָה | nēl·kā} and wə·na·ʿăḇ·dāh {וְנַעַבְדָה | wə·na·ʿăḇ·dāh}, indicating voluntary communal invitation.
In context — Deuteronomy 13:6
If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is like your own soul, secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods which you have not known, you nor your fathers .”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:6:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 13:6, so the Hebrew word וְנַעַבְדָה֙ (venaavda) 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 Deut.13.6.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.6.W12.S1) and character.