Genesis 15:14:4Gen.15.14.W4TAB
יַעֲבֹ֖דוּ
yaavodu
“they will serve”
- Transliteration
- ya-a-VO-du
- Extended
- yah-ah-VOH-doo
- IPA
- /ja.ʕă.ˈvoː.duː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they will serve
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 | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-a-VO-du
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ya-a-VO-du
- clause
ve-GAM et-ha-GOY a-SHER ya-a-VO-du DAN a-NO-khi
- sentence
ve-GAM et-ha-GOY a-SHER ya-a-VO-du DAN a-NO-khi ve-a-kha-rei-KHEN ye-tse-U bir-KHUSH ga-DOL
Exegesis
The fronted object et-haggoy {אֶת־הַגּ֛וֹי | ʾet-haggôy} ‘the nation’ is marked with ʾet and then specified by the restrictive relative clause asher {אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾăšer} + yaavodu {יַעֲבֹ֖דוּ | yaʿăḇōdû} ‘that they will serve’, identifying the nation by Israel’s future servitude.
Root and etymology
עבדayin–bet–dalet
“to work, serve”
In context — Genesis 15:14
And also the nation that they will serve, I will judge, and after that they will go out with great property .
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 15:14, so the Hebrew word יַעֲבֹ֖דוּ (yaavodu) 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.15.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.14.W4.S1) and character.