1 Samuel 17:30:61 Sam.17.30.W6TAB
כַּדָּבָ֣ר
kadavar
“according to the word”
- Transliteration
- ka-da-VAR
- Extended
- kah-dah-VAAR
- IPA
- /kad.daˈvaːr/
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-yi-SOV me-ets-LO el-MUL a-KHER va-yo-MER ka-da-VAR ha-ZE
- 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 17:30:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 17:30, so the Hebrew word כַּדָּבָ֣ר (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.17.30.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.30.W6.S1) and character.