Deuteronomy 15:12:7Deut.15.12.W7PAT
וַעֲבָֽדְךָ֖
vaavadkha
“serve you”
- Transliteration
- va-a-VAD-kha
- Extended
- vah-a-vahd-KHAH
- IPA
- /va.ʕa.vadˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- serve you
- French
- te servir
- Spanish
- servirte
- Portuguese
- servir-te
- German
- dir dienen
- Russian
- служить тебе
- Arabic-Simplified
- يخدمك
- Hindi
- तुझे सेवा करेगा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 服事你
- Korean
- 너를 섬길
- Indonesian
- melayanimu
- Bengali
- তোমাকে সেবা করবে
- Tagalog
- maglilingkod sa iyo
- Swahili
- atakutumikia
- Amharic
- ያገለግልሃል
- Yoruba
- yóò sìn ọ
- Igbo
- ga-ejere gị ozi
- Twi
- ɔbɛsom wo
- Ewe
- asom wo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-VAD-kha
- clause
ki-yim-ma-KHER le-KHA a-KHI-kha ha-iv-RI O ha-iv-ri-YAH va-a-VAD-kha SHESH shah-NEEM
- sentence
ki-yim-ma-KHER le-KHA a-KHI-kha ha-iv-RI O ha-iv-ri-YAH va-a-VAD-kha SHESH shah-NEEM oo-vah-shah-NAH ha-shvee-EET te-shal-le-KHE-noo khof-SHI meh-im-MAKH
In context — Deuteronomy 15:12
your brother the Hebrew man or the Hebrew woman if sold to you serve you six years and in the year the seventh send him away free from you
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 15:12, so the Hebrew word וַעֲבָֽדְךָ֖ (vaavadkha) 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 Deut.15.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.12.W7.S1) and character.