1 Samuel 22:15:101 Sam.22.15.W10TAB
דָבָר֙
davar
“a matter”
- Transliteration
- da-VAR
- Extended
- daa-VAAR
- IPA
- /daːˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
al-ya-SEM ha-ME-lekh be-av-DO da-VAR
- clause
al-ya-SEM ha-ME-lekh be-av-DO da-VAR be-khol-BET a-VI KI lo-ya-DA av-de-KHA be-khol-ZOT da-VAR ka-TON O ga-DOL
- sentence
ha-YOM ha-khi-lo-TI le-sha-ol-lish-AL-LO ve-e-lo-HIM kha-LI-la LI al-ya-SEM ha-ME-lekh be-av-DO da-VAR be-khol-BET a-VI KI lo-ya-DA av-de-KHA be-khol-ZOT da-VAR ka-TON O ga-DOL
Exegesis
The meristic phrase dāḇār qāṭōn ʾō gādôl {דָּבָ֥ר קָטֹ֖ן א֥וֹ גָדֽוֹל | dāḇār qāṭōn ʾō gādôl} ‘matter small or great’ encompasses all possibilities. The translation preserves the emphatic question structure, the prohibitive jussive, and the inclusive merism to mirror the source text’s force.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“to speak; word, matter”
In context — 1 Samuel 22:15
Today have I begun to inquire of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king place any matter against his servant or against the house of my father, for your servant knows nothing at all of this matter, whether small or great.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:15:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 22:15, so the Hebrew word דָבָר֙ (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.22.15.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.15.W10.S1) and character.