Numbers 14:24:1Num.14.24.W1TAB
וְעַבְדִּ֣י
veavdi
“But my servant”
- Transliteration
- ve-av-DI
- Extended
- veh-av-DEE
- IPA
- /vəʕavˈdiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- But my servant
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-av-DI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-av-DI ka-LEV
- clause
ve-av-DI ka-LEV E-kev ha-ye-TAH RU-akh a-KHE-ret im-MO va-ye-mal-LE a-kha-RAI
- sentence
ve-av-DI ka-LEV E-kev ha-ye-TAH RU-akh a-KHE-ret im-MO va-ye-mal-LE a-kha-RAI va-ha-vi-o-TIV el-ha-A-retz a-SHER-BA sha-MAH ve-zar-O yo-ri-she-NAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the contrastive conjunction ve’avdi {וְעַבְדִּי | və-ʿaḇ-dî} ‘and my servant,’ positioning Caleb {כָּלֵב | Kā-lēḇ} as the focal subject.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-bet-dalet
“to serve”
In context — Numbers 14:24
But my servant Caleb, because there was another spirit with him and he fully followed Me, I will bring him into the land that he came to, and his descendants will inherit it.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 14:24, so the Hebrew word וְעַבְדִּ֣י (veavdi) 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 Num.14.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.24.W1.S1) and character.