Numbers 4:32:8Num.4.32.W8TAB
וּלְכֹ֖ל עֲבֹדָתָ֑ם
ulkhol avodatam
“and for all their service”
- Transliteration
- ul-KHOL a-vo-da-TAM
- Extended
- ool-KHOL ah-voh-dah-TAM
- IPA
- /ul.xol.ʕavodaˈtam/
Meaning by language
- English
- and for all their service
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ul-KHOL a-vo-da-TAM
- clause
ve-a-mu-DEI he-kha-TSEIR sa-VIV ve-ad-NEI-hem ve-ye-te-do-TAM u-meit-rei-HEM le-KHOL-klei-HEM ul-KHOL a-vo-da-TAM
- sentence
ve-a-mu-DEI he-kha-TSEIR sa-VIV ve-ad-NEI-hem ve-ye-te-do-TAM u-meit-rei-HEM le-KHOL-klei-HEM ul-KHOL a-vo-da-TAM uv-she-MOT tif-ke-DU et-KLEI mish-ME-ret ma-sa-AM
Exegesis
The parallel prepositional phrases le-kol-keleyhem {לְכָל־כְּלֵיהֶ֔ם | lə-ḵōl kᵊ-lê-hêm} ‘for all their equipment’ and u-le-kol avodatam {וּלְכֹ֖ל עֲבֹדָתָם֑ | u-lə-ḵōl ʿa-vō-dā-tām} ‘and for all their service’ frame the scope of use.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-dayin-bet-dalet
“to serve, work”
In context — Numbers 4:32
And the pillars of the courtyard all around, and their bases, and their pegs, and their ropes—for all their equipment and for all their service—you shall assign by name the equipment of the responsibility of their burden .
About this coordinate
Numbers 4:32:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 4:32, so the Hebrew word וּלְכֹ֖ל עֲבֹדָתָ֑ם (ulkhol avodatam) 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.4.32.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.4.32.W8.S1) and character.