Deuteronomy 15:18:11Deut.15.18.W11TAB
עֲבֽ͏ָדְךָ֖
avdekha
“he has served you”
- Transliteration
- av-DE-kha
- Extended
- ahv-DEH-kha
- IPA
- /ʕaːvˈdɛxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- he has served you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
av-DE-kha
- clause
lo-yik-SHEH be-ei-NE-kha be-shal-le-a-KHA o-TO khof-SHI me-im-MAKH ki mish-NEH se-KHAR sa-KHIR av-DE-kha SHESH sha-NIM
- sentence
lo-yik-SHEH be-ei-NE-kha be-shal-le-a-KHA o-TO khof-SHI me-im-MAKH ki mish-NEH se-KHAR sa-KHIR av-DE-kha SHESH sha-NIM u-ve-rakh-KHA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha be-KHOL a-SHER ta-a-SEH
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kī} ‘for, because’ introduces the reason: the evaluative phrase mishneh sechar sachir avadekha {מִשְׁנֶה שְׂכַר שָׂכִיר עֲבָדְךָ | mišnêh seḥār sāḵîr ʻăvâdekāh} ‘double the wage of a hired worker your servant’.
Root and etymology
“to serve”
In context — Deuteronomy 15:18
It must not be hard in your eyes when you send him away free , for he has served you six years—worth double the wage of a hired worker; and the LORD your God will bless you in all that you do.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:18:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Deuteronomy 15:18, so the Hebrew word עֲבֽ͏ָדְךָ֖ (avdekha) 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.15.18.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.18.W11.S1) and character.