2 Samuel 13:20:162 Sam.13.20.W16TAB

לַדָּבָ֣ר

laddavar

to the matter

Transliteration
lad-da-VAR
Extended
lahd-dah-VAAR
IPA
/lad.daːˈvaːr/

Meaning by language

English
to the matter

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Result
לַד + דָּ + בָ֣ר
lad + da + var
laddavar

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    lad-da-VAR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    lad-da-VAR ha-ZE

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer e-LE-ha av-sha-LOM a-KHI-ha ha-a-mi-NON a-KHIKH ha-YA im-MAKH ve-a-TA a-KHO-ti ha-kha-ri-SHI a-KHIKH HU al-ta-SHI-ti et-li-BEKH lad-da-VAR ha-ZE

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer e-LE-ha av-sha-LOM a-KHI-ha ha-a-mi-NON a-KHIKH ha-YA im-MAKH ve-a-TA a-KHO-ti ha-kha-ri-SHI a-KHIKH HU al-ta-SHI-ti et-li-BEKH lad-da-VAR ha-ZE va-TE-shev ta-MAR ve-sho-me-MA BET av-sha-LOM a-KHI-ha

Exegesis

The direct object et {אֶת | ʾet} marks libeikh {לִבֵּךְ | lī-bê-ḵ} ‘your-heart’ as the locus of feeling, aimed toward ladavar hazeh {לַדָּבָר הַזֶּה | la-dā-ḇār ha-żē} ‘to-the-matter-this’.

Root and etymology

d-b-rdalet–bet–resh

word, matter

In context2 Samuel 13:20

And Absalom, her brother, said to her, “Is it Amnon, your brother, who was with you? Now, my sister, be silent; he is your brother. Do not set your heart on this matter .” So Tamar dwelled in the house of Absalom, her brother.

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 13:20:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Samuel 13:20, so the Hebrew word לַדָּבָ֣ר (laddavar) 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 Sam.13.20.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.20.W16.S1) and character.