1 Kings 17:13:71 Kgs.17.13.W7TAB
כִדְבָרֵ֑ךְ
khidvarekh
“according to your word”
- Transliteration
- khid-va-REKH
- Extended
- khihd-vah-REEK
- IPA
- /xɪd.vaːˈreːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to your word
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khid-va-REKH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SI khid-va-REKH
- clause
va-yo-MER e-le-HA e-li-YA-hu al-ti-re-I BO-i a-SI khid-va-REKH
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-le-HA e-li-YA-hu al-ti-re-I BO-i a-SI khid-va-REKH AKH a-SI-li-mish-SHAM u-GA ke-tan-NA va-ri-sho-NA ve-ho-TSET LI ve-LAKH ve-liv-NEKH ta-a-SI ba-a-kha-ro-NA
Exegesis
The paired imperatives bo’i {בֹּאִי | bōʾî} ‘come’ and asi {עֲשִׂי | ʿă·sî} ‘make’ outline the initial command, framed by the construct phrase kidvarekh {כִדְבָרֵךְ | kid·ḇā·reḵ} ‘according to your word.’
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“word, decree”
In context — 1 Kings 17:13
And Elijah said to her, “Do not fear . Come and do as you have said, but first make for me a small cake from there and bring it to me, and afterward you shall make for yourself and for your son.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 17:13, so the Hebrew word כִדְבָרֵ֑ךְ (khidvarekh) 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.17.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.13.W7.S1) and character.