2 Samuel 15:8:22 Sam.15.8.W2TAB
נָדַ֣ר
nadar
“he vowed”
- Transliteration
- na-DAR
- Extended
- naa-DAR
- IPA
- /naːˈðar/
Meaning by language
- English
- he vowed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-DAR
- phraseyour reading level
na-DAR av-de-KHA
- clause
ki-NE-der na-DAR av-de-KHA be-shiv-TI vig-SHUR ba-a-RAM le-MOR
- sentence
ki-NE-der na-DAR av-de-KHA be-shiv-TI vig-SHUR ba-a-RAM le-MOR im-ya-SHIV ya-SHOV ye-shi-VE-ni ye-ho-VAH ye-ru-sha-LA-im ve-a-vad-TI et-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the compound ki-neder {כִּי־נֵ֙דֶר֙ | kî-nēder} introducing a causal explanation and creating a solemn noun-verb echo with nādar {נָדַ֣ר | nādar}.
Root and etymology
Rootnun–dalet–resh
“to vow”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:8
“For your servant made a vow while I was living in Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 15:8, so the Hebrew word נָדַ֣ר (nadar) 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.15.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.8.W2.S1) and character.