1 Chronicles 17:3:51 Chr.17.3.W5TAB
דְּבַר־אֱלֹהִ֔ים
devarelohim
“a word of God”
- Transliteration
- de-VAR-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- deh-VAR-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /dəˈvar.ʔɛloˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- a word of God
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
de-VAR-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-ye-HI de-VAR-e-lo-HIM el-na-TAN le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-HI bal-LAI-la ha-HU va-ye-HI de-VAR-e-lo-HIM el-na-TAN le-MOR
Exegesis
A second vav consecutive in vayehi introduces the main clause where devar-eloḥim {דְּבַר־אֱלֹהִ֔ים | dĕ-var ʾĕ-lō-ḥîm} ‘word of God’ serves as subject.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“word, matter”
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:3
And it happened that night that the word of God came to Nathan saying,
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Chronicles 17:3, so the Hebrew word דְּבַר־אֱלֹהִ֔ים (devarelohim) 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 1 Chr.17.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.3.W5.S1) and character.