Deuteronomy 23:15:2Deut.23.15.W2TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:16
עֶ֖בֶד
eved
“a slave”
- Transliteration
- E-ved
- Extended
- EH-ved
- IPA
- /ˈʕɛvɛd/
Meaning by language
- English
- a slave
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
E-ved
- phraseyour reading level
lo-tas-GEER E-ved
- sentence
lo-tas-GEER E-ved el-a-do-NAIV a-SHEHR-yi-na-TSEL e-LE-kha me-im-MAIV a-do-NAIV
Exegesis
The direct object eved {עֶבֶד | ʿe-ved} ‘servant’ is followed by the beneficiary phrase el-adonav {אֶל־אֲדֹנָיו | ʾel-ʾă-dō-nāw} ‘to his master’.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-bet-dalet
“to serve, work”
In context — Deuteronomy 23:15
You shall not return to his master a servant who has escaped to you from his master.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 23:15, so the Hebrew word עֶ֖בֶד (eved) 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.23.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.15.W2.S1) and character.