2 Samuel 14:20:82 Sam.14.20.W8TAB
אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר
ethadavar
“this matter”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-da-VAR
- Extended
- eet-hah-daa-VAAR
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.had.daˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- this matter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
et-ha-da-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE
- clause
le-va-a-VUR sa-BEV et-pe-NE ha-da-VAR a-SA av-de-KHA yo-AV et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE
- sentence
le-va-a-VUR sa-BEV et-pe-NE ha-da-VAR a-SA av-de-KHA yo-AV et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE va-do-NI kha-KHAM ke-khokh-MAT mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM la-da-AT et-kal-a-SHER ba-A-rets
Exegesis
The main verb asah {עָשָׂה | ‘ā-śāh ‘he did’} is followed by the subject avdecha Yoav {עַבְדְּךָ יוֹאָב | ‘av-də-khā yō-’āḇ ‘your servant Joab’} and the object et-hadavar hazeh {אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה | ’et-had-dā-ḇār hazzēh ‘this matter’}.
Root and etymology
dalet–bet–resh
“word, matter”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:20
For the sake of turning the course of this matter, your servant Joab did this thing. And my lord is wise, like the wisdom of an angel of God , to know all that is in the land .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 14:20, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר (ethadavar) 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.14.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.20.W8.S1) and character.