Exodus 13:14:15Exod.13.14.W15TAB
עֲבָדִֽים׃
avadim
“slaves”
- Transliteration
- a-va-DIM
- Extended
- ah-vah-DEEM
- IPA
- /ʕa.vaˈdiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- slaves
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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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-va-DIM
- phraseyour reading level
mi-BEIT a-va-DIM
- clause
ve-a-mar-TA eh-LAV be-KHO-zek YAD ho-tsi-A-nu ye-ho-VAH mim-mits-RA-yim mi-BEIT a-va-DIM
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ki-yish-al-KHA vin-KHA ma-KHAR leh-MOR mah-ZOT ve-a-mar-TA eh-LAV be-KHO-zek YAD ho-tsi-A-nu ye-ho-VAH mim-mits-RA-yim mi-BEIT a-va-DIM
Exegesis
The coordinated prepositional phrases mi-mitsrayim {מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם | mimmîṣ-rā́-yim} ‘from Egypt’ and mi-beit avadim {מִבֵּ֥ית עֲבָדִֽים | mib-bêṯ ʿă-ḇā-dîm} ‘from the house of slaves’ specify both location and condition of bondage. The English rendering shifts the verb-final Hebrew structure into subject-verb-object order to maintain clarity while preserving theological emphasis.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-dayin–beth–daleth
“to serve, enslave”
In context — Exodus 13:14
And it shall be, when your son asks you tomorrow, saying “What is this?”, that you shall say to him, “With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of slaves.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:14:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Exodus 13:14, so the Hebrew word עֲבָדִֽים׃ (avadim) 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 Exod.13.14.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.14.W15.S1) and character.