Genesis 15:13:11Gen.15.13.W11TAB
וַעֲבָד֖וּם
vaavadum
“{And} they will enslave them”
- Transliteration
- va-a-va-DUM
- Extended
- vah-ah-vah-DOOM
- IPA
- /wa.ʕă.vaːˈduːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} they will enslave them
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-va-DUM
- clause
va-YO-mer le-av-RAM ya-DO-a te-DA ki-GER yi-he-YE za-re-a-KHA be-E-rets LO la-HEM va-a-va-DUM ve-i-NU o-TAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer le-av-RAM ya-DO-a te-DA ki-GER yi-he-YE za-re-a-KHA be-E-rets LO la-HEM va-a-va-DUM ve-i-NU o-TAM a-re-BA me-OT sha-NA
Exegesis
The sequential wayyiqtol forms vaavadum {וַעֲבָד֖וּם | wa-ʿă-ḇā-ḏūm} and ve-inu {וְעִנּ֣וּ | wə-ʿin-nū} predict service and affliction, with otam {אֹתָ֑ם | ʾō-tām} marking ‘them’ as direct object.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ–b–d
“to work, serve”
In context — Genesis 15:13
And He said to Abram, “Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and they will serve them, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:13:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 15:13, so the Hebrew word וַעֲבָד֖וּם (vaavadum) 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.15.13.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.13.W11.S1) and character.