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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
lad-da-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
lad-da-VAR ha-ZE
- 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
- 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 context — 2 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.