2 Samuel 17:6:82 Sam.17.6.W8TAB
כַּדָּבָ֤ר
kadavar
“according to the word or the matter of”
- Transliteration
- ka-da-VAR
- Extended
- kah-dah-VAAR
- IPA
- /kad.daˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to the word or the matter of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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
ka-da-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
ka-da-VAR ha-ZE
- clause
va-ya-VO khu-SHAI el-av-sha-LOM va-yo-MER av-sha-LOM e-LAV le-MOR ka-da-VAR ha-ZE di-BER a-khi-TO-fel ha-na-a-SE et-de-va-RO
- sentence
va-ya-VO khu-SHAI el-av-sha-LOM va-yo-MER av-sha-LOM e-LAV le-MOR ka-da-VAR ha-ZE di-BER a-khi-TO-fel ha-na-a-SE et-de-va-RO im-A-yin a-TA da-BER
Exegesis
The demonstrative ha-zeh {הַזֶּה | ha-zeh} ‘this’ in kadavar ha-zeh diber {כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה דִּבֶּר | ka-ḏā-ḇar ha-zeh dib-bēr} specifies the counsel under review.
Root and etymology
d-b-r
“word, matter”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:6
And Hushai came to Absalom, and Absalom said to him, “As Ahithophel has spoken this word , shall we act upon it? If not, you speak.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 17:6, so the Hebrew word כַּדָּבָ֤ר (kadavar) 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.17.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.6.W8.S1) and character.