Exodus 23:33:8Exod.23.33.W8TAB
תַעֲבֹד֙
taavod
“if you serve”
- Transliteration
- ta-a-VOD
- Extended
- tah-ah-VOHD
- IPA
- /θa.ʕa.ˈvoːð/
Meaning by language
- English
- if you serve
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ta-a-VOD
- phraseyour reading level
KI ta-a-VOD
- clause
KI ta-a-VOD et-e-lo-HEE-hem ki-yih-YE leh-KHA leh-mo-KESH
- sentence
LO yesh-VOO be-ar-tse-KHA pen-yah-kha-TEE-oo o-te-KHA LI KI ta-a-VOD et-e-lo-HEE-hem ki-yih-YE leh-KHA leh-mo-KESH
Exegesis
The causal conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} leads into the protasis taʿă-vōḏ {תַעֲבֹד | taʿă-vōḏ} ‘you will serve’, which takes ʾeṯ-ʾelō-hê-hēm {אֶת־אֱלֹהֵיהֶם | ʾe-ṯ-ʾe-lō-hê-hēm} ‘their gods’ as object.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-beth-dalet
“to serve, worship”
In context — Exodus 23:33
They shall not dwell in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me , for if you worship their gods , it will surely become a snare to you.
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:33:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 23:33, so the Hebrew word תַעֲבֹד֙ (taavod) 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.23.33.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.33.W8.S1) and character.