Jeremiah 16:11:12Jer.16.11.W12TAB
וַיַּעַבְד֖וּם
vayaavdum
“and they served them”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-AV-dum
- Extended
- vah-yah-AHV-doom
- IPA
- /waj.jaʕavˈduːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they served them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-AV-dum
- clause
ve-a-MAR-ta a-LE-hem AL a-sher-a-ZE-vu a-vo-te-KHEM o-TI ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH va-YEL-khu a-kha-RE e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM va-ya-AV-dum va-yish-ta-kha-VU la-HEM
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta a-LE-hem AL a-sher-a-ZE-vu a-vo-te-KHEM o-TI ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH va-YEL-khu a-kha-RE e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM va-ya-AV-dum va-yish-ta-kha-VU la-HEM ve-o-TI a-ZA-vu ve-et-to-ra-TI LO sha-MA-ru
Exegesis
A series of waw-prefixed wayyiqtol verbs—vayelchu {וַיֵּלְכוּ | wə-ya-le-ḵû} ‘and they went,’ vayaavdum {וַיַּעַבְד֖וּם | wə-ya-ʿa-ḇə-ḏum} ‘and they served them,’ and vayishtachavu {וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּ | wə-yiš-ta-ḥă-vû} ‘and they bowed down’—depicts progressive idolatry.
In context — Jeremiah 16:11
And you shall say to them, “Because your fathers have forsaken Me,” declares the LORD , “and have gone after other gods, and have served and bowed down to them; but Me they have forsaken, and My law they have not kept.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:11:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Jeremiah 16:11, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעַבְד֖וּם (vayaavdum) 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 Jer.16.11.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.11.W12.S1) and character.