Genesis 14:15:5Gen.14.15.W5TAB
וַעֲבָדָ֖יו
vaavadav
“and his servants”
- Transliteration
- va-a-va-DAV
- Extended
- vah-ah-vah-DAAV
- IPA
- /va.ʕă.vaːˈðaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- and his servants
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-va-DAV
- phraseyour reading level
HU va-a-va-DAV
- clause
va-ye-kha-LEK a-lei-HEM LAI-la HU va-a-va-DAV va-ya-KEM
- sentence
va-ye-kha-LEK a-lei-HEM LAI-la HU va-a-va-DAV va-ya-KEM va-yir-de-FEM ad-kho-VA a-SHER mis-se-MOL le-dam-ma-SEK
Exegesis
The pronoun hu {הוּא | hû} ‘he’ resumes and emphasizes the subject before adding vaavadav {וַעֲבָדָיו | wa-ʿă-vā-ḏāw} ‘and his servants’, forming a coordinated subject phrase “he and his servants.”
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-d
“to serve, work”
In context — Genesis 14:15
And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants , and he struck them and pursued them as far as Hobah , which is to the north of Damascus.
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 14:15, so the Hebrew word וַעֲבָדָ֖יו (vaavadav) 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 Gen.14.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.15.W5.S1) and character.