2 Samuel 14:13:102 Sam.14.13.W10TAB
הַדָּבָ֤ר
hadavar
“the word or the matter”
- Transliteration
- ha-da-VAR
- Extended
- hah-daa-VAAR
- IPA
- /had.daːˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the word or the matter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-da-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
ha-da-VAR ha-ZE
- clause
u-mi-da-BER ha-ME-lekh ha-da-VAR ha-ZE ke-a-SHEM le-vil-TI ha-SHIV ha-ME-lekh et-nid-KHO
- sentence
va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA ve-la-MA kha-SHAV-te ka-ZOT al-AM e-lo-HIM u-mi-da-BER ha-ME-lekh ha-da-VAR ha-ZE ke-a-SHEM le-vil-TI ha-SHIV ha-ME-lekh et-nid-KHO
Exegesis
The noun clause hadavar hazeh {הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה | ha-dā-wār ha-zē} ‘this word’ is elaborated by the simile ke’ashem {כְּאָשֵׁ֔ם | kə-’ā-šēm} ‘as guilty’, where the Qal participle expresses equivalence between speech and self-condemnation.
Root and etymology
dalet–bet–resh
“word, matter”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:13
And the woman said, “So why have you planned such a thing against the people of God ? By speaking this word, the king renders himself guilty, for the king does not bring back his banished one .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:13:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 14:13, so the Hebrew word הַדָּבָ֤ר (hadavar) 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.14.13.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.13.W10.S1) and character.