1 Samuel 18:26:71 Sam.18.26.W7TAB
הַדָּבָר֙
hadavar
“the matter”
- Transliteration
- ha-da-VAR
- Extended
- hah-daa-VAAR
- IPA
- /had.daːˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the matter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
ha-da-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-SHAR ha-da-VAR
- clause
va-yag-GI-du a-va-DAV le-da-VID ET-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le va-yi-SHAR ha-da-VAR be-e-NE da-VID le-hit-khat-TEN ba-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-yag-GI-du a-va-DAV le-da-VID ET-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le va-yi-SHAR ha-da-VAR be-e-NE da-VID le-hit-khat-TEN ba-ME-lekh ve-LO mal-E-u ha-ya-MIM
Exegesis
The direct object marker et-haddevarim {אֶת־הַדְּבָרִים | ʾet-had-dĕḇārîm} ‘these words’ introduces the content of the report.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“word, matter”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:26
And his servants told David these things, and the matter was pleasing in David’s eyes to marry the king’s daughter, but the days were not fulfilled .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:26:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 18:26, so the Hebrew word הַדָּבָר֙ (hadavar) 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.18.26.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.26.W7.S1) and character.