וַעֲבָדָ֖יו

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַעֲבָדָ֖יו

   va-a-va-DAV

   and his servants
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 ה֥וּא ועבדו וַעֲבָדָ֖יו

   HU ve-av-DO va-a-va-DAV

   he and his servant and his servants
3. clause🔊 וּבָ֣אוּ בְשַׁעֲרֵ֣י הַבַּ֣יִת הַזֶּ֡ה מְלָכִים֩ יֹשְׁבִ֨ים לְדָוִ֜ד עַל־כִּסְא֗וֹ רֹֽכְבִים֙ בָּרֶ֣כֶב וּבַסּוּסִ֔ים ה֥וּא ועבדו וַעֲבָדָ֖יו וְעַמּֽוֹ׃

   u-va-U ve-sha-a-RE ha-BA-yit ha-ZE me-la-KHIM yo-she-VIM le-da-VID al-ki-se-O ro-khe-VIM ba-RE-khev u-va-su-SIM HU ve-av-DO va-a-va-DAV ve-a-MO

   then they will enter into the gates of the house this kings sitting for David on his throne riding in a chariot and on horses he and his servant and his servants and his people
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֤י אִם־עָשׂוֹ֙ תַּֽעֲשׂ֔וּ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֖ר הַזֶּ֑ה וּבָ֣אוּ בְשַׁעֲרֵ֣י הַבַּ֣יִת הַזֶּ֡ה מְלָכִים֩ יֹשְׁבִ֨ים לְדָוִ֜ד עַל־כִּסְא֗וֹ רֹֽכְבִים֙ בָּרֶ֣כֶב וּבַסּוּסִ֔ים ה֥וּא ועבדו וַעֲבָדָ֖יו וְעַמּֽוֹ׃

   KI IM-a-SO ta-a-SU ET-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE u-va-U ve-sha-a-RE ha-BA-yit ha-ZE me-la-KHIM yo-she-VIM le-da-VID al-ki-se-O ro-khe-VIM ba-RE-khev u-va-su-SIM HU ve-av-DO va-a-va-DAV ve-a-MO

   for if doing you do the word this then they will enter into the gates of the house this kings sitting for David on his throne riding in a chariot and on horses he and his servant and his servants and his people

Exegesis

The final list hu, va-avadav, ve-ammo {ה֥וּא וַעֲבָדָ֖יו וְעַמּֽוֹ | hūʾ wa-ʿă-ḇā-ḏāw wə-ʿam-mō} emphasizes the king, his servants, and his people as participants. The English rendering preserves Hebrew word order and causal result structure.

Root and etymology

ע־ב־ד🔊 ayin–bet–dalet

“serve”