Numbers 18:23:4Num.18.23.W4TAB
אֶת־עֲבֹדַת֙
etavodat
“the service of”
- Transliteration
- et-a-vo-DAT
- Extended
- EET-ah-voh-DAHT
- IPA
- /ʔet.ʕa.voˈdat/
Meaning by language
- English
- the service of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
et-a-vo-DAT
- 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 technical phrase et-avodat ohel moed {אֶת־עֲבֹדַת אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד | ʾet-ʿa-vō-ḏaṯ ʾō-hel mō-ʿêḏ} ‘the service of the Tent of Meeting’ employs the direct object marker to highlight cultic function.
Root and etymology
RootAyin-Bet-Dalet
“to work”
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 18:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 18:23, so the Hebrew word אֶת־עֲבֹדַת֙ (etavodat) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.23.W4.S1) and character.