2 Samuel 16:23:92 Sam.16.23.W9TAB
בִּדְבַ֣ר
bidvar
“by the word of”
- Transliteration
- bid-VAR
- Extended
- bihd-VAR
- IPA
- /bidˈvar/
Meaning by language
- English
- by the word of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bid-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
bid-VAR ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel a-SHER ya-ATS ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM ka-a-SHER yish-AL-Esh bid-VAR ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel a-SHER ya-ATS ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM ka-a-SHER yish-AL-Esh bid-VAR ha-e-lo-HIM KEN kal-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel gam-le-da-VID GAM le-av-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The construct biddvar hāelohim {בִּדְבַר הָאֱלֹהִים | bid-dā-ḇār hā-’ĕ-lō-hîm} ‘in the word of the God’ underscores authoritative revelation.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“word, matter, message”
In context — 2 Samuel 16:23
And the advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired of the word of God ; so was all the advice of Ahithophel, both for David and for Absalom.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:23:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 16:23, so the Hebrew word בִּדְבַ֣ר (bidvar) 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.16.23.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.23.W9.S1) and character.