Isaiah 19:23:11Isa.19.23.W11TAB
וְעָבְד֥וּ
veavedu
“and they will serve or worship”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-ve-DU
- Extended
- veh-aa-veh-DOO
- IPA
- /vəʕaːvˈduː/
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
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-ve-DU mits-ra-YIM
- clause
ve-a-ve-DU mits-ra-YIM et-a-shur
- sentence
ba-YOM ha-HU tih-yeh me-sil-LA mim-mits-ra-YIM a-shu-RA u-VA-a-shur be-mits-ra-YIM u-mits-ra-YIM be-a-SHUR ve-a-ve-DU mits-ra-YIM et-a-shur
Exegesis
Sequential vav-consecutive perfect forms ū-vāʾ {וּבָֽא | ū-vāʾ} ‘and came’ and wə-ʿāḇdû {וְעָבְד֥וּ | wə-ʿāḇdû} ‘and served’ depict the unfolding vision. The chiastic structure ashur be-mitsrayim u-mitsrayim be-ashur ‘Assyria in Egypt and Egypt in Assyria’ uses parallelism to underscore mutual movement.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-dʿ-b-d
“to serve, work”
In context — Isaiah 19:23
In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria will come into Egypt, and Egypt into Assyria, and the Egyptians will serve with the Assyrians.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:23:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Isaiah 19:23, so the Hebrew word וְעָבְד֥וּ (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.19.23.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.23.W11.S1) and character.