Isaiah 19:21:9Isa.19.21.W9TAB
וְעָֽבְדוּ֙
veavedu
“and they will serve or worship”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-ve-DU
- Extended
- veh-aa-veh-DOO
- IPA
- /vəʕaːvəˈðuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will serve or worship
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-a-ve-DU
- clause
ve-a-ve-DU ZE-vakh u-min-KHA ve-na-de-RU-NE-der la-ye-ho-VAH ve-shi-LE-MU
- sentence
ve-no-DA ye-ho-VAH le-mits-RA-yim ve-ya-DE-u mits-RA-yim ET-ye-ho-VAH ba-YOM ha-HU ve-a-ve-DU ZE-vakh u-min-KHA ve-na-de-RU-NE-der la-ye-ho-VAH ve-shi-LE-MU
Exegesis
The cultic sequence wə-‘ā-ḇə-ḏū ze-vaḥ ū-min-ḥāh {וְעָבְדוּ זֶבַח וּמִנְחָה | wə-‘ā-ḇə-ḏū ze-vaḥ ū-min-ḥāh} ‘and they will serve sacrifice and grain offering’ uses coordinate objects to portray complete worship practices.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-dʿ-b-d
“to serve, work”
In context — Isaiah 19:21
And the LORD will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know Him on that day, and they will serve Him with sacrifice and offering , and they will vow and fulfill it.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Isaiah 19:21, so the Hebrew word וְעָֽבְדוּ֙ (veavedu) 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.19.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.21.W9.S1) and character.