1 Kings 15:29:101 Kgs.15.29.W10TAB
כִּדְבַ֣ר
kidvar
“according to the word of”
- Transliteration
- ki-dvar
- Extended
- kih-dvahr
- IPA
- /kidˈvar/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to the word of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-dvar
- phraseyour reading level
ki-dvar Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ki-dvar Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER be-YAD-av-DO a-khi-YA ha-shi-lo-NI
- sentence
va-ye-HI khe-mal-KHO hi-KA et-KOL-BET ya-ra-VA-am lo-hi-she-IR kol-ne-sha-MA le-ya-ra-VA-am ad-hi-shmi-DO ki-dvar Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER be-YAD-av-DO a-khi-YA ha-shi-lo-NI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase kî-dᵊvar YHWH {כִּדְבַר יְהוָה | kî-dᵊvar Yə-hō-wāh} ‘according to the word of the LORD’ frames divine mandate, and the relative clauses asher diber {אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר | ʾăšer dîbber} ‘which He spoke’ plus bəyad avdō {בְּיַד־עַבְדּוֹ | bə-yad ʿaḇdô} ‘by the hand of His servant’ identify Ahijah the Shilonite {אֲחִיָּה הַשִּׁילֹנִי | ʾăḥiyyāh ha-šîlônî} as the prophetic mediator, underscoring fulfillment of spoken prophecy.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־רd-b-r
“word, speech”
In context — 1 Kings 15:29
As soon as he began to reign, he struck down all the house of Jeroboam; he left Jeroboam no one who breathed until he had destroyed it according to the word of the LORD spoken by the hand of His servant Ahijah the Shilonite.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:29:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 15:29, so the Hebrew word כִּדְבַ֣ר (kidvar) 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.15.29.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.29.W10.S1) and character.