1 Samuel 17:30:101 Sam.17.30.W10TAB
דָּבָ֔ר
davar
“a word or thing”
- Transliteration
- da-VAR
- Extended
- dah-VAAR
- IPA
- /daˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a word or thing
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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
- clause
va-ye-shi-VU-hu ha-AM da-VAR ka-da-VAR ha-ri-SHON
- sentence
va-yi-SOV me-ets-LO el-MUL a-KHER va-yo-MER ka-da-VAR ha-ZE va-ye-shi-VU-hu ha-AM da-VAR ka-da-VAR ha-ri-SHON
Exegesis
The verb vayyomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’ introduces the repeated matter through the comparative formula ka-davar ha-zeh {כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה | ka-ḏāḇār hā-zēh} ‘according to this matter’.
The Hiphil wayyshibhu {וַיְשִׁיבֻהוּ | wayyišib-hū} ‘and they answered him’ presents the response of ha-am {הָעָם | hā-ʿām}, and the phrase ka-davar ha-rishon {כַּדָּבָר הָרִאשׁוֹן | ka-ḏāḇār hā-rîšôn} ‘as the first’ underscores the parallelism of repetition. The English translation preserves the Hebrew clause order to highlight persistent questioning and uniform reply.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“to speak; word”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:30
He turned away from beside him toward another, spoke the same thing , and the people answered him as before .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:30:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 17:30, so the Hebrew word דָּבָ֔ר (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.17.30.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.30.W10.S1) and character.