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
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
la-va-dim
- 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
- 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 context — Isaiah 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.