Genesis 27:40:4Gen.27.40.W4TAB
תַּעֲבֹ֑ד
taavod
“you shall serve”
- Transliteration
- ta-a-VOD
- Extended
- tah-ah-VOHD
- IPA
- /ta.ʕă.ˈvoːð/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall serve
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 |
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Word in context
- word
ta-a-VOD
- clause
ve-al-khar-be-KHA tikh-YE ve-et-a-KHI-kha ta-a-VOD
- sentence
ve-al-khar-be-KHA tikh-YE ve-et-a-KHI-kha ta-a-VOD ve-ha-YA ka-a-SHER ta-RID u-fa-rak-TA ul-LO me-AL tsav-va-RE-kha
Exegesis
The next clause ve’et akhicha ta’avod {וְאֶת־אָחִיךָ תַּעֲבֹד | wə-ʾeṯ-ʾāḥî-ḵā ta-ʿă-vōḏ} front-loads the marked object with the particle ʾet, highlighting the shocking reversal that Esau will serve his brother.
In context — Genesis 27:40
And you will live by your sword , and you will serve your brother; but when you grow restless , you will break off his yoke from upon your neck.
About this coordinate
Genesis 27:40:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 27:40, so the Hebrew word תַּעֲבֹ֑ד (taavod) 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.27.40.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.27.40.W4.S1) and character.