Genesis 18:5:9Gen.18.5.W9TAB
עַֽל־עַבְדְּכֶ֑ם
alavdekhem
“by your servant”
- Transliteration
- al-av-de-KHEM
- Extended
- ahl-ahv-deh-KHEHM
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʕav.də.ˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- by your servant
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-av-de-KHEM
- clause
ve-ek-KHA fat-LE-khem ve-sa-a-DU lib-be-KHEM a-KHAR ta-a-VO-ru ki-al-KEN a-var-TEM al-av-de-KHEM
- sentence
ve-ek-KHA fat-LE-khem ve-sa-a-DU lib-be-KHEM a-KHAR ta-a-VO-ru ki-al-KEN a-var-TEM al-av-de-KHEM va-yo-me-RU KEN ta-a-SE ka-a-SHER dib-bar-TA
Exegesis
The causal formula ki-al-ken avartem al-avdekhem {כִּי־עַל־כֵּן עֲבַרְתֶּם עַל־עַבְדְּכֶם | kî-ʿal-kēn ʿă-ḇar-tem ʿal-ʿaḇ-də-ḵem} attributes purpose to their visit with Abraham’s servant.
Root and etymology
“servant; slave”
In context — Genesis 18:5
Let me bring a morsel of bread and refresh your hearts ; afterward you may pass on, for this reason you have passed by your servant. And they said, “So do, as you have spoken.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 18:5, so the Hebrew word עַֽל־עַבְדְּכֶ֑ם (alavdekhem) 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.18.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.5.W9.S1) and character.