1 Kings 11:6:101 Kgs.11.6.W10TAB
כְּדָוִ֥ד
kedavid
“as David”
- Transliteration
- ke-da-VID
- Extended
- keh-daa-VEED
- IPA
- /kəðaːˈviːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- as David
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
ke-da-VID
- phraseyour reading level
ke-da-VID a-VIV
- clause
ve-LO mil-LE a-kha-RE ye-ho-VAH ke-da-VID a-VIV
- sentence
va-ya-AS she-lo-MO ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH ve-LO mil-LE a-kha-RE ye-ho-VAH ke-da-VID a-VIV
Exegesis
The comparative clause kə·Dāwı̄ḏ ʾā·vîw {כְּדָוִ֥ד אָבִֽיו | kə·Dā·wı̄ḏ ʾā·vîw} ‘like David his father’ sets David as the paradigm of faithfulness.
Root and etymology
d-v-dd-v-d
“beloved”
In context — 1 Kings 11:6
And Solomon did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD , and he did not follow fully after the LORD as his father David had done.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 11:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 11:6, so the Hebrew word כְּדָוִ֥ד (kedavid) 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 Kgs.11.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.11.6.W10.S1) and character.