Exodus 2:23:10Exod.2.23.W10TAB
מִן־הָעֲבֹדָ֖ה
minhaavoda
“because of the labor”
- Transliteration
- min-ha-a-vo-DA
- Extended
- min-hah-ah-voh-DAA
- IPA
- /min.haː.ʕă.voːˈðaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- because of the labor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
min-ha-a-vo-DA
- clause
va-ye-HI va-ya-MIM ha-ra-BIM ha-HEM va-ya-MAT ME-lekh mits-RA-yim va-ye-an-KHU ve-nei-yis-ra-EL min-ha-a-vo-DA va-yiz-a-KU
- sentence
va-ye-HI va-ya-MIM ha-ra-BIM ha-HEM va-ya-MAT ME-lekh mits-RA-yim va-ye-an-KHU ve-nei-yis-ra-EL min-ha-a-vo-DA va-yiz-a-KU va-ta-AL sha-va-TAM el-ha-e-lo-HIM min-ha-a-vo-DA
Exegesis
The repetition of min-ha‘ăvōḏāh {מִן־הָעֲבֹדָה | min-hā-’a-vō-dāh} ‘from the labor’ brackets both expressions as responses to bondage, and placement of ’el-hā’ĕlōhîm {אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִים | el-hā-’ĕ-lō-hîm} ‘to God’ accentuates divine attentiveness.
Root and etymology
ע־ב־דavd
“work, service”
In context — Exodus 2:23
After many days the king of Egypt died. The sons of Israel groaned under the labor and cried out, and their cry for help rose up to God from the labor.
About this coordinate
Exodus 2:23:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 2:23, so the Hebrew word מִן־הָעֲבֹדָ֖ה (minhaavoda) 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.2.23.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.23.W10.S1) and character.