Leviticus 23:21:9Lev.23.21.W9TAB
עֲבֹדָ֖ה
avodah
“labor”
- Transliteration
- a-vo-DAH
- Extended
- ah-voh-DAH
- IPA
- /ʕa.voˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- labor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-vo-DAH
- phraseyour reading level
kol-meh-LEH-khet a-vo-DAH
- clause
oo-keh-RAA-tehm beh-EH-TSEM ha-YOM ha-ZEH mik-RAA-KOH-desh yih-YEH la-KHEM kol-meh-LEH-khet a-vo-DAH LO ta-ah-SOO
- sentence
oo-keh-RAA-tehm beh-EH-TSEM ha-YOM ha-ZEH mik-RAA-KOH-desh yih-YEH la-KHEM kol-meh-LEH-khet a-vo-DAH LO ta-ah-SOO khoo-KAHT o-LAM be-KHOL-mosh-vo-TEE-khem le-do-ro-TEE-khem
Exegesis
The prohibition is framed by kol-mlechet avodah {כָּל־מְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדָה | kol mə-lēʾ-ḵeṯ ʿă-vo-dāh} ‘all work of labor’ followed by lo ta‘asu {לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ | lōʾ ṯa-’ă-sū} ‘you shall not do’ to form a categorical negative imperative.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-dayin-bet-dalet
“to serve, to work”
In context — Leviticus 23:21
And you shall proclaim on this very day a holy convocation for you. You shall do no work of labor. It is a statute forever in all your dwelling places, throughout your generations .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 23:21, so the Hebrew word עֲבֹדָ֖ה (avodah) 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 Lev.23.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.21.W9.S1) and character.