2 Kings 20:6:172 Kgs.20.6.W17TAB
דָּוִ֥ד
david
“David”
- Transliteration
- da-VID
- Extended
- daa-VEED
- IPA
- /daːˈviːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- David
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
da-VID
- phraseyour reading level
da-VID av-DI
- clause
ve-gan-NO-ti al-ha-IR ha-ZOT le-ma-a-NI u-le-MA-an da-VID av-DI
- sentence
ve-ho-saf-TI al-ya-ME-kha kha-MESH e-se-RE sha-NA u-mik-KAF ME-lekh-a-shur a-TSIL-kha ve-ET ha-IR ha-ZOT ve-gan-NO-ti al-ha-IR ha-ZOT le-ma-a-NI u-le-MA-an da-VID av-DI
Exegesis
The coordinated lemaani {לְמַעֲנִי | lǝma‘ănî} ‘for my sake’ and ulemaan david avdi {וּלְמַעַן דָּוִד עַבְדִּי | ū-lǝma‘an dāwîḏ ʿăbaddî} ‘and for the sake of David my servant’ close the promise by linking divine motives to covenant faithfulness.
In context — 2 Kings 20:6
I will increase your days by fifteen years, and I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will guard this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:6:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Kings 20:6, so the Hebrew word דָּוִ֥ד (david) 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.20.6.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.6.W17.S1) and character.