Numbers 18:21:11Num.18.21.W11TAB
עֹֽבְדִ֔ים
ovdim
“perform”
- Transliteration
- ov-DIM
- Extended
- ohv-DEEM
- IPA
- /ʕovˈdim/
Meaning by language
- English
- perform
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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 | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ov-DIM
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-HEM ov-DIM
- clause
khe-LEF a-vo-da-TAM a-sher-HEM ov-DIM et-a-vo-DAT O-hel mo-ED
- sentence
ve-li-vne le-VI hi-NEH na-ta-TI kol-ma-a-SEHR be-yis-ra-EL le-na-kha-LAH khe-LEF a-vo-da-TAM a-sher-HEM ov-DIM et-a-vo-DAT O-hel mo-ED
Exegesis
The relative clause asher-hem ovdim {אֲשֶׁר־הֵ֣ם עֹֽבְדִ֔ים | ă-šer-hēm ō-ve-dîm} further defines the service, while the direct-object marker et-avodat {אֶת־עֲבֹדַ֖ת | ʾet-ʿa-vo-dat} directs attention to the cultic site ohel moed {אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד | ō-hel mô-ʿēḏ}.
In context — Numbers 18:21
And to the sons of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel as an inheritance , instead of the service they perform at the Tent of Meeting.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:21:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 18:21, so the Hebrew word עֹֽבְדִ֔ים (ovdim) 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.18.21.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.21.W11.S1) and character.