Numbers 18:21:9Num.18.21.W9TAB
עֲבֹֽדָתָם֙
avodatam
“their service”
- Transliteration
- a-vo-da-TAM
- Extended
- ah-voh-dah-TAM
- IPA
- /ʕăvoːdaˈtam/
Meaning by language
- English
- their service
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' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-vo-da-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
khe-LEF a-vo-da-TAM
- 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
Chelef {חֵ֤לֶף | ḥē-leph} introduces a substitution, marking avodatam {עֲבֹֽדָתָם֙ | ʿa-vo-da-tam} ‘their service’ as replaced by this allocation.
Root and etymology
RootAyin-Bet-Dalet
“to work”
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 18:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 18:21, so the Hebrew word עֲבֹֽדָתָם֙ (avodatam) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.21.W9.S1) and character.