2 Samuel 14:17:42 Sam.14.17.W4TAB
דְּבַר־אֲדֹנִ֥י
devaradoni
“the word of my lord”
- Transliteration
- de-VAR-a-do-NI
- Extended
- deh-VAHR-ah-doh-NEE
- IPA
- /dəˈvar.ʔădoˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the word of my lord
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
de-VAR-a-do-NI
- phraseyour reading level
de-VAR-a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-TO-mer shiv-kha-TE-kha yih-HE-NA de-VAR-a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh lim-nu-KHA
- sentence
va-TO-mer shiv-kha-TE-kha yih-HE-NA de-VAR-a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh lim-nu-KHA KI ke-mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM KEN a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh lish-MO-a ha-TOV ve-ha-RA va-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ye-HI im-MAKH
Exegesis
The noun phrase devar adoni hamelech {דְּבַר־אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ | də-var ʾa-dō-nî ha-me-leḵ} functions as the subject with the lamed-infinitive limnuchah {לִמְנוּחָה | lim-nū-ḥā} marking purpose ‘for rest’.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“word, speech”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:17
And your maidservant said, “May the word of my lord the king provide rest, for like an angel of God , so is my lord the king in discerning the good and the evil . May the LORD your God be with you.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 14:17, so the Hebrew word דְּבַר־אֲדֹנִ֥י (devaradoni) 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.14.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.17.W4.S1) and character.