Isaiah 14:2:10Isa.14.2.W10TAB

לַעֲבָדִ֖ים

lavadim

as male slaves

Transliteration
la-va-dim
Extended
lah-ah-vah-DEEM
IPA
/laʕăvaːˈdiːm/

Meaning by language

English
as male slaves

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Daletd as in door
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-va-dim

  2. clause

    u-le-ka-KHUM a-MIM ve-he-vi-UM el-me-ko-MAM ve-hit-na-kha-LUM BET-yis-ra-EL AL ad-MAT ye-ho-VAH la-va-dim ve-lish-fa-KHOT

  3. sentence

    u-le-ka-KHUM a-MIM ve-he-vi-UM el-me-ko-MAM ve-hit-na-kha-LUM BET-yis-ra-EL AL ad-MAT ye-ho-VAH la-va-dim ve-lish-fa-KHOT ve-ha-YU sho-VIM le-sho-VE-hem ve-ra-DU be-nog-se-HEM

Exegesis

The coordinated phrase laavadim velishfachot {לַעֲבָדִ֖ים וְלִשְׁפָח֑וֹת | la-ʿă-vā-dîm və-liš-pā-ḥôṯ} defines servile status.

In contextIsaiah 14:2

The peoples will pick them up and escort them to their place, and the house of Israel will take possession of them in the land of the LORD as servants and maidservants; and they will take captive those who once held them captive, and they will govern their oppressors .

About this coordinate

Isaiah 14:2:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Isaiah 14:2, so the Hebrew word לַעֲבָדִ֖ים (lavadim) 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 Isa.14.2.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.2.W10.S1) and character.