Ezekiel 20:40:10Ezek.20.40.W10TAB
יַעַבְדֻ֨נִי
yaaveduni
“they shall serve me”
- Transliteration
- ya-a-ve-DU-ni
- Extended
- yah-ah-veh-DUH-nee
- IPA
- /ˈʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- they shall serve me
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ya-a-ve-DU-ni
- phraseyour reading level
SHAM ya-a-ve-DU-ni kol-BET yis-ra-EL
- clause
KI be-har-kod-SHI be-HAR me-ROM yis-ra-EL ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI SHAM ya-a-ve-DU-ni kol-BET yis-ra-EL ku-LO ba-A-rets SHAM er-tse-HEM ve-SHAM ed-ROSH et-te-ru-mo-TE-khem
- sentence
KI be-har-kod-SHI be-HAR me-ROM yis-ra-EL ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI SHAM ya-a-ve-DU-ni kol-BET yis-ra-EL ku-LO ba-A-rets SHAM er-tse-HEM ve-SHAM ed-ROSH et-te-ru-mo-TE-khem ve-et-re-SHIT mas-o-TE-khem be-khol-kod-she-KHEM
Exegesis
The sequence sham ya’avdeni kol-beit yisrael kulam ba-aretz {שָּׁם יַעַבְדֵנִי כָּל־בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל כֻּלָּם בָּאָרֶץ | šām ya-ʿav-də-nî kol-bêt yiś-rā-ʾēl kul-lam bā-ʼā-reṣ} (‘there all the house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land’) combines location, inclusivity, and worship in a single clause, with the Qal imperfect ya’avdeni signalling future worship.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-d
“to serve, work”
In context — Ezekiel 20:40
For on My holy mountain, on the mountain height of Israel, declares the Lord GOD , there all the house of Israel, every one of them, shall serve Me in the land; there I will accept them, and there I will require your offerings and firstfruits, with all your holy things .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:40:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 20:40, so the Hebrew word יַעַבְדֻ֨נִי (yaaveduni) 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 Ezek.20.40.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.40.W10.S1) and character.