2 Kings 18:27:102 Kgs.18.27.W10TAB
אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֣ים
ethadevarim
“the words”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-de-va-RIM
- Extended
- eht-hah-deh-vah-REEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.had.dəvaːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the words
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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-de-va-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
- clause
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM rav-sha-KE HA-al a-do-NE-kha ve-e-LE-kha she-la-KHA-ni a-do-NI le-dab-BER et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM rav-sha-KE HA-al a-do-NE-kha ve-e-LE-kha she-la-KHA-ni a-do-NI le-dab-BER et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le ha-LO al-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-yo-she-VIM al-ha-kho-MA le-e-KHOL ET kha-re-HEM tso-a-TAM ve-lish-TOT et-shi-ne-HEM mi-ME rag-le-HEM im-ma-KHEM
Exegesis
The direct object is marked by et-haddevarim {אֶת־הַדְּבָרִים | ’et-had-dĕ-bā-rîm} ‘these words’, emphasizing Rabshakeh’s message.
Root and etymology
d-b-rd-b-r
“word, speak”
In context — 2 Kings 18:27
And Rabshakeh said to them, “Did my master send me to your master and to you alone to speak these words, and not also to the men sitting on the wall —who will eat their own dung and drink the water of their feet with you?”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:27:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 18:27, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֣ים (ethadevarim) 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 Kgs.18.27.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.27.W10.S1) and character.