2 Kings 20:9:102 Kgs.20.9.W10TAB
אֶת־הַדָּבָ֖ר
ethadavar
“the thing”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-da-VAR
- Extended
- eht-hah-daa-VAAHR
- IPA
- /ʔɛt‿had.daːˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the thing
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
et-ha-da-VAR
- clause
va-YO-mer ye-sha-YA-hu ze-le-KHA ha-OT me-ET ye-ho-VAH KI ya-a-SE ye-ho-VAH et-ha-da-VAR a-SHER di-BER
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-sha-YA-hu ze-le-KHA ha-OT me-ET ye-ho-VAH KI ya-a-SE ye-ho-VAH et-ha-da-VAR a-SHER di-BER ha-LAKH ha-TSEL E-ser ma-a-LOT im-ya-SHUV E-ser ma-a-LOT
Exegesis
The conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} introduces the clause in which YHWH yaʻăśeh {יַעֲשֶׂה | yaʻăśeh} ‘the LORD will do’ pairs with haddāḇār {הַדָּבָר | haddāḇār} ‘the thing’ affirmed by the perfect dibbēr {דִּבֵּר | dibbēr} ‘he has spoken’.
Root and etymology
dalet-bet-reshdalet–bet–resh
“word, matter”
In context — 2 Kings 20:9
Isaiah replied, “This will be your sign from the LORD that the LORD will carry out the thing he has said: should the shadow advance ten steps, or should it go back ten steps?”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 20:9, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַדָּבָ֖ר (ethadavar) 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.20.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.9.W10.S1) and character.