Exodus 21:26:4Exod.21.26.W4TAB
עַבְדּ֛וֹ
avdo
“his male slave”
- Transliteration
- av-DO
- Extended
- ahv-DOH
- IPA
- /ʕav.ˈdoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his male slave
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
av-DO
- phraseyour reading level
et-EEN av-DO
- clause
ve-khee-yak-KEH EESH et-EEN av-DO oh-et-EEN a-ma-TO ve-shi-kha-TAH
- sentence
ve-khee-yak-KEH EESH et-EEN av-DO oh-et-EEN a-ma-TO ve-shi-kha-TAH la-khof-SHEE ye-shal-le-KHEN-noo TA-khat ee-NO
Root and etymology
ayin-bet-daletayin-bet-dalet
“to serve”
In context — Exodus 21:26
And if a man strikes the eye of his male slave or the eye of his female slave and ruins it, he must let him go free in compensation for his eye.
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 21:26, so the Hebrew word עַבְדּ֛וֹ (avdo) 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.21.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.26.W4.S1) and character.