Joshua 22:5:11Josh.22.5.W11TAB
עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָה֒
evedyehovah
“the servant of the LORD”
- Transliteration
- E-ved-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- EH-ved-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /moˈʃe/
Meaning by language
- English
- the servant of the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
E-ved-ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
mo-SHEH E-ved-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
RAK shim-RU me-OD la-a-SOT et-ha-mits-VAH ve-ET-ha-to-RAH a-SHER tsiv-VAH et-KHEM mo-SHEH E-ved-ye-ho-VAH le-a-ha-VAH et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEY-khem ve-la-le-KHET be-KHOL-de-ra-KHAV ve-lish-MOR mits-vo-TAV u-le-dav-KA-vo
- sentence
RAK shim-RU me-OD la-a-SOT et-ha-mits-VAH ve-ET-ha-to-RAH a-SHER tsiv-VAH et-KHEM mo-SHEH E-ved-ye-ho-VAH le-a-ha-VAH et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEY-khem ve-la-le-KHET be-KHOL-de-ra-KHAV ve-lish-MOR mits-vo-TAV u-le-dav-KA-vo u-le-av-DO be-KHOL-le-vav-KHEM u-ve-KHOL-naf-shkem
Exegesis
A relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ăšer} ‘that’ plus the Piel perfect tsivah {צִוָּה | ṣivvāh} ‘commanded’ with its suffix et-khem {אֶתְכֶם | ’etkhem} ‘you’ attributes the charge to Mosheh, eved-YHWH {עֶבֶד־יְהוָה | ʿeved-YHWH} ‘servant of the LORD’.
Root and etymology
ayin–bet–daletayin–bet–dalet
“servant, worker”
In context — Joshua 22:5
Only be very diligent to carry out the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD charged you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to cleave to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:5:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Joshua 22:5, so the Hebrew word עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָה֒ (evedyehovah) 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.22.5.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.5.W11.S1) and character.