Exodus 34:21:3Exod.34.21.W3TAB
תַּעֲבֹ֔ד
taavod
“shall work”
- Transliteration
- ta-a-VOD
- Extended
- tah-ah-VOHD
- IPA
- /ta.ʕa.ˈvoːð/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall work
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
- clause
SHE-shet ya-MIM ta-a-VOD u-va-YOM ha-she-vi-I tish-BOT
- sentence
SHE-shet ya-MIM ta-a-VOD u-va-YOM ha-she-vi-I tish-BOT be-kha-RISH u-va-ka-TSIR tish-BOT
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect ṯa-ʿa-vōḏ {תַּעֲבֹד | ṯa-ʿa-vōḏ} marks a covenantal imperative.
In context — Exodus 34:21
Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in plowing and in harvest you shall rest.
About this coordinate
Exodus 34:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 34:21, so the Hebrew word תַּעֲבֹ֔ד (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.34.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.34.21.W3.S1) and character.