Proverbs 29:21:3Prov.29.21.W3TAB
עַבְדּ֑וֹ
avdo
“his servant”
- Transliteration
- av-DO
- Extended
- ahv-DOH
- IPA
- /ʕavˈdoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his servant
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
av-DO
- clause
me-fan-NEK min-NO-ar av-DO
- sentence
me-fan-NEK min-NO-ar av-DO ve-a-kha-ri-TO yih-ye ma-NON
Exegesis
This is modified by the prepositional phrase minno‘ar {מִנֹּעַר | mî·nō·ʿar} ‘from youth’, attached to avdo {עַבְדּוֹ | ʿă·vĕḏ·ô} ‘servant’ in construct specifying the beneficiary and temporal origin.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-dayin–bet–dalet
“to serve”
In context — Proverbs 29:21
One who pampers his servant from youth will, in the end, have him become an heir .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 29:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 29:21, so the Hebrew word עַבְדּ֑וֹ (avdo) 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 Prov.29.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.21.W3.S1) and character.