2 Samuel 14:21:62 Sam.14.21.W6TAB
אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר
ethadavar
“{direct object} the matter”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-da-VAR
- Extended
- eht-hah-daa-VAAR
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.had.daːˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object} the 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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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-da-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-yo-AV hi-NE-na a-SI-ti et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-yo-AV hi-NE-na a-SI-ti et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE ve-LEKH ha-SHEV et-ha-NA-ar et-av-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The perfect verb asiti {עָשִׂ֖יתִי | ‘ā-śī-tî} indicates completed action, with the noun phrase hadavar hazeh {הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה | ha-ḏā-wār ha-zê} ‘this matter’ as its object.
The repeated direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} before hanaar {הַנַּעַר | ha-nă-‘ar} ‘the young man’ and avshalom {אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם | ’aḇ-šā-lōm} underscores definiteness, which is mirrored in English by definite articles. The order of interjection and commands preserves the Hebrew immediacy and hierarchy of speech.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“word, matter”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:21
Then the king said to Joab, “Behold now , I have done this thing . Go, restore the young man Absalom.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 14:21, 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.14.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.21.W6.S1) and character.