Exodus 21:27:2Exod.21.27.W2TAB
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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The word
Word in context
- word
av-DO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-im-SHEN av-DO
- clause
ve-im-SHEN av-DO o-SHEN a-ma-TO ya-PEEL la-khof-SHI
- sentence
ve-im-SHEN av-DO o-SHEN a-ma-TO ya-PEEL la-khof-SHI ye-shal-le-KHEN-nu TA-khat shin-NO
Exegesis
It then presents a parallel construction of shen {שֵׁן | šēn} ‘tooth’ paired with avdo {עַבְדּוֹ | ʿăḇ·də·ṯō} ‘servant’ and amato {אֲמָתוֹ | ʾă·mā·ṯō} ‘maidservant’, distinguishing male and female slaves.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ-b-d
“to serve or work”
In context — Exodus 21:27
And if he causes the tooth of his male servant or the tooth of his female servant to fall out, he must send him away to freedom as compensation for his tooth.
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:27:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 21:27, 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.21.27.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.27.W2.S1) and character.