Exodus 13:3:11Exod.13.3.W11TAB
עֲבָדִ֔ים
avadeem
“slaves”
- Transliteration
- a-va-DEEM
- Extended
- ah-va-DEEM
- IPA
- /ʕavaˈdiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- slaves
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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-va-DEEM
- phraseyour reading level
mi-BEIT a-va-DEEM
- clause
va-YO-mer mo-SHEH el-ha-AM zah-KHOR et-ha-YOM ha-ZEH a-SHER ye-tsa-TEM mi-mits-ra-YIM mi-BEIT a-va-DEEM KI be-KHO-zek YAD ho-TSI Ye-ho-VAH et-KHEM mi-ZEH
- sentence
va-YO-mer mo-SHEH el-ha-AM zah-KHOR et-ha-YOM ha-ZEH a-SHER ye-tsa-TEM mi-mits-ra-YIM mi-BEIT a-va-DEEM KI be-KHO-zek YAD ho-TSI Ye-ho-VAH et-KHEM mi-ZEH ve-LO ye-a-KHEL khah-METS
Exegesis
Parallel prepositions mimmits-rā-yim {מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙ | mimmits-rā-yim} and mib-bēt ʿă-vā-dîm {מִבֵּ֣ית עֲבָדִ֔ים | mib-bēt ʿă-vā-dîm} reinforce the liberation motif.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-dayin–beth–daleth
“to serve, enslave”
In context — Exodus 13:3
Moses said to the people, “Remember this day—the day you came out from Egypt, from the house of slaves—for by a strong hand the LORD brought you out from here; therefore you must not eat any leaven.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:3:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 13:3, so the Hebrew word עֲבָדִ֔ים (avadeem) 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.13.3.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.3.W11.S1) and character.