2 Kings 24:2:172 Kgs.24.2.W17TAB
כִּדְבַ֣ר
kidvar
“according to the word of”
- Transliteration
- kid-VAR
- Extended
- kihd-VAHR
- IPA
- /kidˈvar/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to the word of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kid-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
kid-VAR Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
kid-VAR Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER be-YAD a-va-DAV ha-ne-vi-IM
- sentence
va-ye-sha-LAKH Ye-ho-VAH BO et-ge-du-DE khas-de-DIM ve-et-ge-du-DE a-RAM ve-ET ge-du-DE mo-AV ve-ET ge-du-DE ve-NE-a-MON va-ye-sha-le-KHEM bi-ye-hu-DA le-ha-a-VID kid-VAR Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER be-YAD a-va-DAV ha-ne-vi-IM
Exegesis
The phrase kidvar YHWH {כִּדְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה | kî-ḏāḇar Yəhôwāh} ‘according to the word of the LORD’ links the event to earlier prophecy, with asher dibber be-yad avadav ha-neviim {אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֔ר בְּיַ֖ד עֲבָדָ֥יו הַנְּבִיאִֽים | ʾăšer dibber bə-yād ʿăḇādāvv hanᵊ̆vîʾîm} ‘which He spoke by the hand of His servants the prophets’, underlining the role of prophetic mediation.
Root and etymology
d-v-rdalet–bet–resh
“word, matter”
In context — 2 Kings 24:2
And the LORD sent against him bands of Chaldeans, Arameans, Moabites, and the sons of Ammon, and He dispatched them into Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke by His servants the prophets .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 24:2:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Kings 24:2, so the Hebrew word כִּדְבַ֣ר (kidvar) 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.24.2.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.24.2.W17.S1) and character.