1 Samuel 20:2:211 Sam.20.2.W21TAB
אֶת־הַדָּבָ֖ר
ethadavar
“the thing”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-da-VAR
- Extended
- eht-hah-daa-VAAR
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.hadːaːˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the thing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
et-ha-da-VAR
- clause
u-mad-DU-a yis-TIR a-VI mi-ME-ni et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE
- sentence
va-yo-MER LO kha-li-LA LO ta-MUT hi-NE LO-ya-a-SE a-VI da-VAR ga-DOL O da-VAR ka-TON ve-LO yig-le et-oz-NE u-mad-DU-a yis-TIR a-VI mi-ME-ni et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE EN ZOT
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“word; matter”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:2
And Jonathan said to David, “You shall not die! For my father does not undertake any of this great matter without disclosing it to me; why should he conceal it from me?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:2:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of 1 Samuel 20:2, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַדָּבָ֖ר (ethadavar) 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.20.2.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.2.W21.S1) and character.