1 Kings 13:17:11 Kgs.13.17.W1TAB
כִּֽי־דָבָ֤ר
kidavar
“for a word”
- Transliteration
- ki-da-VAR
- Extended
- kih-dah-VAAR
- IPA
- /ki.daˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- for a word
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-da-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
ki-da-VAR e-LAI
- clause
ki-da-VAR e-LAI bid-VAR ye-ho-VAH lo-to-KHAL LE-khem ve-lo-tish-TE SHAM MA-yim
- sentence
ki-da-VAR e-LAI bid-VAR ye-ho-VAH lo-to-KHAL LE-khem ve-lo-tish-TE SHAM MA-yim lo-ta-SHUV la-LE-khet bad-DE-rekh a-sher-ha-LAKH-ta BAH
Exegesis
The verse begins with ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for/because,’ introducing the rationale clause.
The noun phrase davar elai bidvar YHWH {דָבָר אֵלַי בִּדְבַר יְהוָה | dā·wār ʾê·lāy biḏ·wār yǝ·hō·wāh} ‘a word to me by the word of the LORD’ employs a construct chain and prepositional phrases to mark divine origin.
Root and etymology
d-b-rd-b-r
“word, matter, thing”
In context — 1 Kings 13:17
For a word has come to me by the word of the LORD , saying, “You shall not eat bread , and you shall not drink water there, nor shall you return to go by the way that you went.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 13:17, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־דָבָ֤ר (kidavar) 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.13.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.17.W1.S1) and character.