Numbers 21:29:3Num.21.29.W3TAB
אָבַ֖דְתָּ
avadta
“you are destroyed”
- Transliteration
- a-vad-TA
- Extended
- ah-vahd-TAH
- IPA
- /ʔaˌvadˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you are destroyed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long '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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-vad-TA
- clause
OY-le-KHA mo-AV a-vad-TA am-ke-MOSH
- sentence
OY-le-KHA mo-AV a-vad-TA am-ke-MOSH na-TAN ba-NAV ple-TIM u-ve-no-TAV ba-she-VIT le-MELEKH e-mo-RI si-HON
Exegesis
The verb avadta {אָבַדְתָּ | ʾā-vaḏ-tä} in the Qal perfect signals completed destruction.
Root and etymology
א־ב־ד
“to perish, be lost”
In context — Numbers 21:29
Woe to you, Moab! You have perished, people of Chemosh ; he has given his sons as fugitives and his daughters into captivity to Sihon, king of the Amorites.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 21:29, so the Hebrew word אָבַ֖דְתָּ (avadta) 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.21.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.29.W3.S1) and character.