וְעַבְדּ֤וֹ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְעַבְדּ֤וֹ

   ve-av-DO

   and his male servant
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְעַבְדּ֤וֹ וַאֲמָתוֹ֙

   ve-av-DO va-a-ma-TO

   and his male servant and his female servant
3. clause🔊 לֹֽא־תַחְמֹ֞ד אֵ֣שֶׁת רֵעֶ֗ךָ וְעַבְדּ֤וֹ וַאֲמָתוֹ֙ וְשׁוֹר֣וֹ וַחֲמֹר֔וֹ וְכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְרֵעֶֽךָ׃

   lo-takh-MOD E-shet re-E-kha ve-av-DO va-a-ma-TO ve-sho-RO va-kha-mo-RO ve-KHOL a-SHER le-re-E-kha

   do not covet wife of your neighbor and his male servant and his female servant and his ox and his donkey and all that to your neighbor
4. sentence🔊 לֹ֥א תַחְמֹ֖ד בֵּ֣ית רֵעֶ֑ךָ לֹֽא־תַחְמֹ֞ד אֵ֣שֶׁת רֵעֶ֗ךָ וְעַבְדּ֤וֹ וַאֲמָתוֹ֙ וְשׁוֹר֣וֹ וַחֲמֹר֔וֹ וְכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְרֵעֶֽךָ׃

   LO takh-MOD BEIT re-E-kha lo-takh-MOD E-shet re-E-kha ve-av-DO va-a-ma-TO ve-sho-RO va-kha-mo-RO ve-KHOL a-SHER le-re-E-kha

   not covet house of your neighbor do not covet wife of your neighbor and his male servant and his female servant and his ox and his donkey and all that to your neighbor

Exegesis

The formula repeats in the second clause, expanding into a paratactic list introduced by the prefixed conjunction waw {וְ | wə-}, enumerating eshet re’ekha {אֵשֶׁת רֵעֶךָ | ʾē-šeṯ rē-ʿe-kā}, ve-avdo {וְעַבְדּוֹ | wə-ʿaḇ-dô}, va-amato {וַאֲמָתוֹ | wa-ʾă-mā-tô}, ve-shoro {וְשׁוֹרוֹ | wə-šō-rô}, and va-chamoro {וַחֲמֹרוֹ | wa-ḥă-mō-rô}.

Root and etymology

ayin–beth–daleth🔊 ע־ב־דʿayin–beth–daleth

“to work, serve”

• 🔊 עֲבוֹדָהʿă-vō-ḏāhserviceExodus 23:25
• 🔊 עֶבֶדʿe-vedservantGenesis 39:17