Numbers 7:8:11Num.7.8.W11TAB
עֲבֹ֣דָתָ֔ם
avodatam
“their service”
- Transliteration
- a-vo-da-TAM
- Extended
- ah-voh-dah-TAHM
- IPA
- /ʕăvoˈdaːtam/
Meaning by language
- English
- their service
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 | |
| 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
a-vo-da-TAM
- clause
ke-FI a-vo-da-TAM be-YAD i-ta-MAR ben-a-ha-RON ha-ko-HEN
- sentence
ve-ET ar-BA ha-a-ga-LOT ve-ET shmo-NAT ha-ba-KAR na-TAN liv-NEI me-ra-RI ke-FI a-vo-da-TAM be-YAD i-ta-MAR ben-a-ha-RON ha-ko-HEN
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase kefi {כְּפִי | kə-p̄î} governs avodatam {עֲבֹדָתָם | ʿă-vō-dā-tām} ‘their service,’ expressing basis for distribution.
In context — Numbers 7:8
And he gave four carts and eight oxen to the sons of Merari, according to their service, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.
About this coordinate
Numbers 7:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 7:8, so the Hebrew word עֲבֹ֣דָתָ֔ם (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.7.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.7.8.W11.S1) and character.