Numbers 18:7:10Num.18.7.W10TAB
וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֑ם
vaavadtem
“and you shall minister”
- Transliteration
- va-a-vad-TEM
- Extended
- vah-ah-vahd-TEM
- IPA
- /vaʕavadˈtem/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall minister
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-vad-TEM
- clause
ve-a-TA u-va-NE-kha it-KHA tish-me-RU et-ke-hu-nat-KHEM le-KHOL-de-VAR ha-miz-BE-akh u-le-mi-BEIT la-pa-RO-khet va-a-vad-TEM
- sentence
ve-a-TA u-va-NE-kha it-KHA tish-me-RU et-ke-hu-nat-KHEM le-KHOL-de-VAR ha-miz-BE-akh u-le-mi-BEIT la-pa-RO-khet va-a-vad-TEM a-vo-DAT ma-ta-NA e-TEN et-ke-hu-nat-KHEM ve-ha-ZAR ha-ka-REV yu-MAT
Exegesis
The sequence va-avadetem eten {וַעֲבַדְתֶּם אֶתֵּן | va-‛a-vəkə-ḏə-təm ’et-tên} combines a Qal perfect assertion of service with an imperfect grant, framing divine commissioning.
Root and etymology
RootAyin-Bet-Dalet
“to work”
In context — Numbers 18:7
But you and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for every matter of the altar and within the veil, and you shall serve, for I have given you the priesthood as a service of gift; and the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 18:7, so the Hebrew word וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֑ם (vaavadtem) 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.18.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.7.W10.S1) and character.