Numbers 7:5:4Num.7.5.W4TAB
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
KAKH me-it-TAM ve-ha-YU la-a-VOD et-a-vo-DAT O-hel mo-ED
- sentence
KAKH me-it-TAM ve-ha-YU la-a-VOD et-a-vo-DAT O-hel mo-ED ve-na-tat-TA o-TAM el-hal-vi-YIM ISH ke-FI a-vo-da-TO
Exegesis
The Hebrew imperative kach {קַ֚ח | kaḥ} ‘take’ begins the command, followed by the purpose/result clause veyihyu {וְהָי֕וּ | wə·hāy·yû} ‘and they shall be’ paired with la’avod {לַעֲבֹ֕ד | la·ʿă·ḇōḏ} ‘for-serving,’ forming a clear intention for the items taken.
In context — Numbers 7:5
Take them from the people, and they shall be for the service of the Tent of Meeting. Then you shall give them to the Levites , each man according to his service.
About this coordinate
Numbers 7:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 7:5, 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.7.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.7.5.W4.S1) and character.