Deuteronomy 16:14:6Deut.16.14.W6TAB
וְעַבְדְּךָ֣
veavdekha
“and your male servant”
- Transliteration
- ve-av-DEKHA
- Extended
- veh-ahv-DEH-kha
- IPA
- /vəʕavˈdəxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- and your male servant
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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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
ve-av-DEKHA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-av-DEKHA va-a-ma-TEKHA
- clause
a-TA u-vin-KHA u-vit-EKHA ve-av-DEKHA va-a-ma-TEKHA ve-ha-LE-vi ve-ha-GER ve-ha-ya-TOM ve-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER bish-a-re-KHA
- sentence
ve-sa-MAKH-ta be-kha-GEKHA a-TA u-vin-KHA u-vit-EKHA ve-av-DEKHA va-a-ma-TEKHA ve-ha-LE-vi ve-ha-GER ve-ha-ya-TOM ve-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER bish-a-re-KHA
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-dayin-bet-dalet
“to serve, be enslaved”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:14
And you shall rejoice in your festival—you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite, the sojourner , the orphan, and the widow who is within your gates.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 16:14, so the Hebrew word וְעַבְדְּךָ֣ (veavdekha) 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.16.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.14.W6.S1) and character.