2 Kings 20:7:42 Kgs.20.7.W4TAB
דְּבֶ֣לֶת
develet
“a cake or a lump”
- Transliteration
- de-VE-let
- Extended
- deh-VEH-leht
- IPA
- /dəˈvɛlɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- a cake or a lump
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
de-VE-let
- phraseyour reading level
de-VE-let te-e-NIM
- clause
va-YO-mer ye-sha-YA-hu ke-KHU de-VE-let te-e-NIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-sha-YA-hu ke-KHU de-VE-let te-e-NIM va-yik-KHU va-ya-SI-mu al-ha-she-KHIN va-ye-KHI
Exegesis
This is followed by the construct chain develet te'enim {דְּבֶלֶת תְּאֵנִ֑ים | dəḇelet teʾənîm} ‘cake of figs,’ where the noun for the remedy governs its ingredient.
Root and etymology
d-b-ldalet–bet–lamed
“pressed mass”
In context — 2 Kings 20:7
Then Isaiah said, “Bring a cake of figs.” They brought it and placed it on the boil, and he recovered .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 20:7, so the Hebrew word דְּבֶ֣לֶת (develet) 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.20.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.7.W4.S1) and character.