1 Chronicles 17:6:41 Chr.17.6.W4TAB

הֲדָבָ֣ר

hadavar

a word

Transliteration
ha-da-VAR
Extended
hah-dah-VAAR
IPA
/hădɑːˈvɑːr/

Meaning by language

English
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Result
הֲ + דָ + בָ֣ר
ha + da + var
hadavar

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Daletd as in door
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-da-VAR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-da-VAR dib-BAR-ti

  3. clause

    be-KHOL a-sher-hit-ha-LAKH-ti be-khol-yis-ra-EL ha-da-VAR dib-BAR-ti et-a-KHAD shof-TE yis-ra-EL a-SHER tsi-VI-ti lir-OT et-am-MI le-MOR

  4. sentence

    be-KHOL a-sher-hit-ha-LAKH-ti be-khol-yis-ra-EL ha-da-VAR dib-BAR-ti et-a-KHAD shof-TE yis-ra-EL a-SHER tsi-VI-ti lir-OT et-am-MI le-MOR la-MA lo-ve-ni-TEM LI BET a-ra-ZIM

Exegesis

The interrogative prefix on hadavar {הֲדָבָ֣ר | hă-dāḇār} signals that what follows is a rhetorical question, expecting the answer “No.”

Root and etymology

d-b-rdalet–bet–resh

word, matter

In context1 Chronicles 17:6

Wherever I have walked throughout all Israel, did I speak a word to any one of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, “Why have you not built for Me a house of cedars?”

About this coordinate

1 Chronicles 17:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 17:6, so the Hebrew word הֲדָבָ֣ר (hadavar) 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.17.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.6.W4.S1) and character.