2 Samuel 15:3:52 Sam.15.3.W5TAB
דְבָרֶ֖ךָ
devarekha
“your words or your matter”
- Transliteration
- de-va-RE-kha
- Extended
- deh-vah-REH-khah
- IPA
- /dəvaˈrɛ.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your words or your matter
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
de-va-RE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
re-E de-va-RE-kha
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LAV av-sha-LOM re-E de-va-RE-kha to-VIM u-ne-kho-KHIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV av-sha-LOM re-E de-va-RE-kha to-VIM u-ne-kho-KHIM ve-sho-ME-a EN-le-kha me-ET ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The imperative re’eh {רְאֵ֥ה | rəʾē} functions as a call to attention, directing the petitioner to his divarekha {דְּבָרֶ֖ךָ | dəḇā-rə-kha}.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“word; matter”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:3
And Absalom said to him, “See, your claims are good and right, but there is no one appointed by the king to hear you.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 15:3, so the Hebrew word דְבָרֶ֖ךָ (devarekha) 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.15.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.3.W5.S1) and character.