1 Kings 14:13:121 Kgs.14.13.W12TAB
דָּבָ֣ר
davar
“a thing, a matter”
- Transliteration
- da-VAR
- Extended
- daa-VAAR
- IPA
- /dɔːˈvɔːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a thing, a matter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
da-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
da-VAR TOV
- clause
YA-an nim-tsa-VO da-VAR TOV el-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL be-VET ya-rav-AM
- sentence
ve-saf-DU-lo khol-yis-ra-EL ve-kav-RU o-TO ki-ZE le-vad-DO ya-VO le-ya-rav-AM el-ka-VER YA-an nim-tsa-VO da-VAR TOV el-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL be-VET ya-rav-AM
Exegesis
The causal connector ya-ʽăn nim-ṣāʾ-bō dā-ḇār ṭōw {יַעַן נִמְצָא־ב֞וֹ דָּבָר ט֗וֹב | ya-ʽăn nim-ṣāʾ-bō dā-ḇār ṭōw} introduces divine evaluation “because there was found in him a good thing.”
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“word, matter, thing”
In context — 1 Kings 14:13
And all Israel will mourn for him and bury him, for this one alone of Jeroboam’s will come to the grave , because in him was found something good before the LORD , the God of Israel .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 14:13, so the Hebrew word דָּבָ֣ר (davar) 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.14.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.13.W12.S1) and character.