2 Samuel 14:18:82 Sam.14.18.W8TAB
דָּבָ֔ר
davar
“a word or a thing”
- Transliteration
- da-VAR
- Extended
- daa-VAR
- IPA
- /daːˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a word or a thing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
da-VAR
- clause
va-YA-an ha-ME-lekh va-YO-mer el-ha-i-SHA al-NA te-kha-kha-DI mi-ME-ni da-VAR a-SHER a-no-KHI sho-EL o-TAKH
- sentence
va-YA-an ha-ME-lekh va-YO-mer el-ha-i-SHA al-NA te-kha-kha-DI mi-ME-ni da-VAR a-SHER a-no-KHI sho-EL o-TAKH va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA ye-da-BER-NA a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The object dāḇār {דָּבָר | dā-ḇār} ‘thing’ is qualified by the relative clause ’ăšer ’ănōḵî šō’ēl ’ōṯāḵ {אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי שֹׁאֵל אֹתָךְ | ’ăšer ’ănōḵî šō’ēl ’ōṯāḵ} ‘that I am asking you’, featuring a Qal participle and first person pronoun.
Root and etymology
דברdalet–bet–resh
“speak, declare, matter”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:18
And the king answered and said to the woman, “Please do not hide from me anything that I am asking you.” And the woman said, “Let my lord the king speak, please.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 14:18, so the Hebrew word דָּבָ֔ר (davar) 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.14.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.18.W8.S1) and character.