1 Kings 17:24:111 Kgs.17.24.W11TAB

וּדְבַר־יְהוָ֥ה

udevaryehovah

“and the word of the LORD”

Transliteration: u-de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH
Extended: oo-deh-VAR-yeh-ho-VAH
IPA: /uː.dəˈvar.jəhoˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English: and the word of the LORD

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וּ + דְ + בַר + יְ + ה + וָ֥ה

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u + de + var + ye + ho + vah

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udevaryehovah

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Dalet	d as in door
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Bet	b with dagesh; v without dagesh
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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The word

Word in context

word
u-de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH
phraseyour reading level
u-de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH be-FI-kha
clause
u-de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH be-FI-kha e-MET
sentence
va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA el-e-li-YA-hu a-TA ZE ya-DA-ti KI ISH e-lo-HIM a-TA u-de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH be-FI-kha e-MET

Exegesis

In the second clause, the construct ud-bar-yehovah {וּדְבַר־יְהוָה | wū-ḏə-bār-yə-hō-wā(h)} serves as the subject and emet {אֱמֶת | ᾿ĕ-meṯ} as its predicative attribute, with the locative bephikha {בְּפִיךָ | bə-p̄î-ḵā(h)} shifted in English word order for natural flow.

Root and etymology

d-b-rdalet–bet–resh

“word, matter, thing”

In context — 1 Kings 17:24

And the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God , and the word of the LORD in your mouth is truth.”

About this coordinate

1 Kings 17:24:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 17:24, so the Hebrew word וּדְבַר־יְהוָ֥ה (udevaryehovah) 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.17.24.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.24.W11.S1) and character.

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