1 Samuel 17:29:71 Sam.17.29.W7TAB
דָּבָ֥ר
davar
“a word or a matter”
- Transliteration
- da-VAR
- Extended
- daa-VAAR
- IPA
- /daːˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a word or a matter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
da-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
da-VAR HU
- clause
ha-LO da-VAR HU
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID ME a-SI-ti a-TA ha-LO da-VAR HU
Exegesis
The negative interrogative halo {הֲלוֹא | hălôʾ} introduces the nominal clause davar hu {דָּבָ֥ר הֽוּא | dāḇār hūʾ} ‘word it’, forming a rhetorical question. The balanced questions heighten David’s emotional retort and preserve the Hebrew idiomatic force in English.
Root and etymology
d-b-rd b r
“word, matter”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:29
David said, “What have I done now ? Was it not only a word ?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:29:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 17:29, so the Hebrew word דָּבָ֥ר (davar) 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.17.29.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.29.W7.S1) and character.