1 Samuel 17:27:41 Sam.17.27.W4TAB
כַּדָּבָ֥ר
kadavar
“according to the word”
- Transliteration
- ka-da-VAR
- Extended
- kah-dah-VAAR
- IPA
- /kad.daːˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to the word
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-da-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
ka-da-VAR ha-ZE
- clause
va-YO-mer LO ha-AM ka-da-VAR ha-ZE le-MOR
- sentence
va-YO-mer LO ha-AM ka-da-VAR ha-ZE le-MOR KO ye-a-SE la-ISH a-SHER ya-KE-nu
Exegesis
The idiom ka-davar hazeh {כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה | ka-dāḇār hazzē} ‘according to this word’ invokes the prior promise.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“word, matter”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:27
The people answered him, “By that declaration , it shall be done to the man who strikes him down .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 17:27, so the Hebrew word כַּדָּבָ֥ר (kadavar) 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.17.27.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.27.W4.S1) and character.