Leviticus 23:36:17Lev.23.36.W17TAB
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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Word in context
- word
a-vo-DAH
- phraseyour reading level
kol-me-LE-khet a-vo-DAH
- clause
ba-YOM hash-mee-NEE mik-ra-KO-desh yih-YEH la-KHEM ve-hik-rav-TEM ish-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH a-TSE-ret hi kol-me-LE-khet a-vo-DAH LO ta-a-SU
- sentence
shiv-AT ya-MEEM tak-RI-voo ish-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH ba-YOM hash-mee-NEE mik-ra-KO-desh yih-YEH la-KHEM ve-hik-rav-TEM ish-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH a-TSE-ret hi kol-me-LE-khet a-vo-DAH LO ta-a-SU
Exegesis
The nominal pair kol-melekhet avodah {כָּל־מְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדָה | kôl-melekhet ʿăvôdâ} ‘all work of service’, preceded by the negative particle lo ta'asu {לֹא תַּעֲשׂוּ | lōʾ taʿăssû}, forms a prohibitive clause excluding ordinary labor from this set-apart day.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–bet–dalet
“to work”
In context — Leviticus 23:36
For seven days you shall present a fire offering to the LORD . On the eighth day there shall be a sacred assembly , and you shall present a fire offering to the LORD. This is a solemn assembly; you shall not do any work of service.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:36:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Leviticus 23:36, 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.23.36.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.36.W17.S1) and character.