Numbers 18:4:8Num.18.4.W8TAB
עֲבֹדַ֣ת
avodat
“the duty of”
- Transliteration
- a-vo-DAT
- Extended
- ah-voh-DAHT
- IPA
- /ʕa.voˈdat/
Meaning by language
- English
- the duty of
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
a-vo-DAT
- phraseyour reading level
a-vo-DAT ha-O-hel
- clause
ve-nil-VOO a-LE-kha ve-sham-ROO et-mish-ME-ret O-hel mo-ED le-KOL a-vo-DAT ha-O-hel
- sentence
ve-nil-VOO a-LE-kha ve-sham-ROO et-mish-ME-ret O-hel mo-ED le-KOL a-vo-DAT ha-O-hel ve-ZAR lo-yik-RAV a-lei-KHEM
Exegesis
The locative phrase lechol {לְכֹ֖ל | lə-kōl} ‘for all’ links to avodat {עֲבֹדַ֣ת | ʿa-vo-dat} ‘service,’ framing the scope of responsibilities.
Root and etymology
RootAyin-Bet-Dalet
“to work”
In context — Numbers 18:4
And they shall join you and keep the charge of the Tent of Meeting for all the service of the tent; no outsider may come near you.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 18:4, so the Hebrew word עֲבֹדַ֣ת (avodat) 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.18.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.4.W8.S1) and character.