Joshua 22:27:9Josh.22.27.W9TAB
לַעֲבֹ֞ד
laavod
“to serve”
- Transliteration
- la-a-VOD
- Extended
- lah-a-VOHD
- IPA
- /laʕaˈvoːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- to serve
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
la-a-VOD
- clause
KI ED HU bei-NE-nu u-vei-NE-khem u-VEIN do-ro-TE-nu a-cha-RE-nu la-a-VOD ET a-vo-DAT Ye-ho-VAH le-fa-NAV be-o-lo-TE-nu u-viz-va-CHE-nu u-vish-la-ME-nu
- sentence
KI ED HU bei-NE-nu u-vei-NE-khem u-VEIN do-ro-TE-nu a-cha-RE-nu la-a-VOD ET a-vo-DAT Ye-ho-VAH le-fa-NAV be-o-lo-TE-nu u-viz-va-CHE-nu u-vish-la-ME-nu ve-LO yo-om-RU ve-NE-khem ma-KHAR le-va-NE-nu EIN la-KHEM KHE-lek ba-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The infinitive construct laʿavod {לַעֲבֹד} with its construct noun avodat YHWH {עֲבֹדַת יְהוָה} articulates purpose “to serve the LORD.”
Root and etymology
ayin–bet–daletayin–bet–dalet
“servant, worker”
In context — Joshua 22:27
Rather, it is a witness between us and you and between our generations after us, so that we may serve the LORD before Him with our burnt offerings, our sacrifices, and our peace offerings, that your sons may not say to our sons in days to come, “You have no portion in the LORD.”
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:27:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 22:27, so the Hebrew word לַעֲבֹ֞ד (laavod) 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 Josh.22.27.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.27.W9.S1) and character.