Exodus 21:2:5Exod.21.2.W5TAB
יַעֲבֹד
yaavod
“he shall serve”
- Transliteration
- ya-a-VOD
- Extended
- yah-a-VOHD
- IPA
- /jaʕaˈvod/
Meaning by language
- English
- he shall serve
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 |
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Word in context
- word
ya-a-VOD
- sentence
KI tik-NEH-E-ved iv-RI shesh-sha-NIM ya-a-VOD oo-vah-she-VI-IT ye-TSE lah-KHAF-SHI khin-NAM
Exegesis
The temporal clause shesh shanim yaʿavod {שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים יַעֲבֹד | šêš šānîm yaʿăḇōḏ} “six years he shall serve” places the numeral before the plural noun, while the vav-prefixed ordinal u-vašviʿit {וּבַשְּׁבִיעִת | û-ḇaššəḇîʿəṯ} “and in the seventh” limits service duration.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ-b-d
“to serve or work”
In context — Exodus 21:2
If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve for six years. In the seventh year, he shall go out to freedom , without payment.
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 21:2, so the Hebrew word יַעֲבֹד (yaavod) 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.21.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.2.W5.S1) and character.