1 Kings 18:24:171 Kgs.18.24.W17TAB
הַדָּבָֽר׃
hadavar
“the word or the matter”
- Transliteration
- ha-da-VAR
- Extended
- hah-dah-VAAR
- IPA
- /had.daːˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the word or the matter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ha-da-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
TOV ha-da-VAR
- clause
va-ya-AN KOL-ha-am va-yo-me-RU TOV ha-da-VAR
- sentence
u-kra-TEM be-SHEM e-lo-HE-khem va-a-NI e-kra ve-SHEM-ye-ho-VAH ve-ha-YA ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER-ya-a-NE va-ESH HU ha-e-lo-HIM va-ya-AN KOL-ha-am va-yo-me-RU TOV ha-da-VAR
Exegesis
In the closing sequence, the vav-consecutive verbs wayaʿan and wayyoʾəmrū in the clause kol-hā-ʿā́m {כָּל־הָעָ֛ם | kol-hā-ʿā́m} ‘all the people’ narrate their immediate assent, and the phrase ṭōḇ ha-dā-ḇār {ט֥וֹב הַדָּבָֽר | ṭōḇ ha-dā-ḇār} ‘good is the matter’ serves as an idiomatic endorsement. The structure moves from challenge to demonstration to communal affirmation in a tightly balanced prophetic oration.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“word, speech”
In context — 1 Kings 18:24
And you will call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD , and the God who answers by fire—He is God. Then all the people answered and said, “The word is good .”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:24:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Kings 18:24, so the Hebrew word הַדָּבָֽר׃ (hadavar) 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.18.24.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.24.W17.S1) and character.