Deuteronomy 15:12:7Deut.15.12.W7TAB
וַעֲבָֽדְךָ֖
vaavadkha
“then he shall serve you”
- Transliteration
- va-a-vad-KHA
- Extended
- vah-a-vahd-KHAH
- IPA
- /va.ʕa.vadˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- then he shall serve you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-vad-KHA
- clause
ki-yim-ma-KHER le-KHA a-KHI-kha ha-iv-RI O ha-iv-ri-YAH va-a-vad-KHA SHESH sha-NIM
- sentence
ki-yim-ma-KHER le-KHA a-KHI-kha ha-iv-RI O ha-iv-ri-YAH va-a-vad-KHA SHESH sha-NIM u-va-sha-NAH ha-shvi-IT te-shal-le-KHE-nu khof-SHI me-im-MAKH
Exegesis
Vav-consecutive waʿăḇāḏəḵā {וַעֲבָדְךָ | wa·ʿă·ḇā·ḏə·ḵā} with the Qal perfect marks sequential action “and he shall serve.”
Root and etymology
ayin-bet-daletayin bet dalet
“to serve, work”
In context — Deuteronomy 15:12
If your brother the Hebrew man or the Hebrew woman is sold to you, he shall serve you six years, and in the seventh year you shall send him away free from you .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 15:12, so the Hebrew word וַעֲבָֽדְךָ֖ (vaavadkha) 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.15.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.12.W7.S1) and character.