Leviticus 25:39:7Lev.25.39.W7TAB

עֲבֹדַת

ahvodat

service of

Transliteration
ah-vo-DAT
Extended
ah-voh-DAT
IPA
/ʕă.voˈðaθ/

Meaning by language

English
service of

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Result
עֲ + בֹ + דַת
ah + vo + dat
ahvodat

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Daletd as in door
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    ah-vo-DAT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ah-vo-DAT AA-ved

  3. clause

    loh-tah-ah-VOD BO ah-vo-DAT AA-ved

  4. sentence

    veh-khee-yah-MUKH a-KHI-kha im-MAKH veh-nim-KAR-lakh loh-tah-ah-VOD BO ah-vo-DAT AA-ved

Exegesis

The construct phrase ʿă-vo-daṯ ʿā-ved {עֲבֹ֥דַת עָֽבֶד | ʿă-vo-daṯ ʿā-ved} ‘service of a slave’ defines the barred labor. English preserves the Hebrew protasis–apodosis legal structure and contrasts servile duties with chattel servitude.

Root and etymology

Rootayin–bet–dalet

slave

In contextLeviticus 25:39

And if your brother becomes poor while with you and sells himself to you, you must not make him serve as a slave.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 25:39:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 25:39, so the Hebrew word עֲבֹדַת (ahvodat) 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.25.39.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.39.W7.S1) and character.