Numbers 18:6:13Num.18.6.W13TAB
לַעֲבֹ֕ד
laavod
“to serve”
- Transliteration
- la-a-VOD
- Extended
- lah-a-VOHD
- IPA
- /la.ʕaˈvoːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- to serve
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 |
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Word in context
- word
la-a-VOD
- clause
la-KHEM mat-ta-NAH ne-tu-NIM la-ye-ho-VAH la-a-VOD ET-a-vo-DAT O-hel mo-ED
- sentence
va-a-NI hi-NEH la-KAKH-ti ET-a-KHEI-khem hal-vi-YIM mit-TOKH be-NEI yis-ra-EL la-KHEM mat-ta-NAH ne-tu-NIM la-ye-ho-VAH la-a-VOD ET-a-vo-DAT O-hel mo-ED
Exegesis
The purpose clause employs the infinitive la’avod {לַעֲבֹד | la-’ă-ḇōḏ} “to serve” with ’et ’ăvodat ’ōhel mō’ēd {אֶת־עֲבֹדַת אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד | ’et ’ă-ḇō-ḏat ’ō-hel mō-’êd} “the service of the tent of meeting” to define the Levites’ cultic function. Hebrew word order accentuates God’s agency and the Levites’ consecrated role.
In context — Numbers 18:6
And I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the sons of Israel for you a gift given to the LORD to serve the service of the tent of meeting.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:6:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 18:6, so the Hebrew word לַעֲבֹ֕ד (laavod) 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.18.6.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.6.W13.S1) and character.