2 Chronicles 19:3:22 Chr.19.3.W2TAB
דְּבָרִ֥ים
devarim
“words or matters”
- Transliteration
- de-va-RIM
- Extended
- deh-vah-REEM
- IPA
- /dəvaˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- words or matters
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
de-va-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
de-va-RIM to-VIM
- clause
a-VAL de-va-RIM to-VIM nim-tse-U im-MAKH
- sentence
a-VAL de-va-RIM to-VIM nim-tse-U im-MAKH ki-vi-AR-ta ha-a-she-ROT min-ha-A-rets va-ha-khi-NO-ta le-vav-KHA lid-ROSH ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The noun-adjective pair devarim tovim {דְּבָרִים טוֹבִים | də-vā-rîm ṭō-vîm} ‘good things’ is foregrounded by the Niphal perfect nimtse'u {נִמְצְא֣וּ | nim-tse-ʾû} ‘have been found’.
Root and etymology
consonantsDalet–Bet–Resh
“word, matter”
In context — 2 Chronicles 19:3
Yet good things have been found in you: you have removed the Asherah poles from the land, and you have set your heart to seek God .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 19:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 19:3, so the Hebrew word דְּבָרִ֥ים (devarim) 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 2 Chr.19.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.19.3.W2.S1) and character.