Numbers 18:23:1Num.18.23.W1TAB
וְעָבַ֨ד
veavad
“and shall serve”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-VAD
- Extended
- veh-aa-VAD
- IPA
- /vəʕaˈvad/
Meaning by language
- English
- and shall serve
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
ve-a-VAD
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-VAD ha-lei-VI
- clause
ve-a-VAD ha-lei-VI HU et-a-vo-DAT O-hel mo-ED ve-HEM yis-U a-vo-NAM
- sentence
ve-a-VAD ha-lei-VI HU et-a-vo-DAT O-hel mo-ED ve-HEM yis-U a-vo-NAM khu-KAT o-LAM le-do-ro-TEI-khem uv-to-KH be-NEI yis-ra-EL LO yin-cha-LU na-cha-LA
Exegesis
The clause opens with the vav-consecutive weavad {וְעָבַד | wə-ʿā-vaḏ} ‘and he shall serve’, introducing a stipulation for liturgical duty.
In context — Numbers 18:23
But the Levite —he himself—shall carry out the service of the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear their guilt. This is an everlasting statute for your generations. And among the sons of Israel they shall not inherit an inheritance.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 18:23, so the Hebrew word וְעָבַ֨ד (veavad) 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.18.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.23.W1.S1) and character.