1 Samuel 15:26:91 Sam.15.26.W9TAB
אֶת־דְּבַ֣ר
etdevar
“the word of”
- Transliteration
- et-de-VAR
- Extended
- eht-deh-VAR
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.dəˈvar/
Meaning by language
- English
- the word of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-de-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
et-de-VAR ye-ho-VAH
- clause
KI ma-AS-te et-de-VAR ye-ho-VAH va-yim-AS-kha ye-ho-VAH mi-he-YOT ME-lekh al-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YO-mer she-mu-EL el-sha-UL LO a-SHUV i-MAKH KI ma-AS-te et-de-VAR ye-ho-VAH va-yim-AS-kha ye-ho-VAH mi-he-YOT ME-lekh al-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The accusative marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} heads the noun phrase devar YHWH {דְּבַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה | də·ḇār yə·hō·wāh} ‘the word of the LORD.’
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–bet–resh
“word, matter, command”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:26
But Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you, because you have rejected the word of the LORD , and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:26:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 15:26, so the Hebrew word אֶת־דְּבַ֣ר (etdevar) 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 Sam.15.26.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.26.W9.S1) and character.