Numbers 18:7:11Num.18.7.W11TAB
עֲבֹדַ֣ת
avodat
“service of”
- Transliteration
- a-vo-DAT
- Extended
- ah-vo-DAHT
- IPA
- /ʕavoˈdat/
Meaning by language
- English
- service 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 ma-ta-NA
- clause
a-vo-DAT ma-ta-NA e-TEN et-ke-hu-nat-KHEM ve-ha-ZAR ha-ka-REV yu-MAT
- 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 noun avodat mattanah {עֲבֹדַת מַתָּנָה | ‛a-vō-ḏat ma-tā-nā} functions as an appositional genitive, highlighting the service as a gift.
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 18:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 18:7, 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.18.7.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.7.W11.S1) and character.