Deuteronomy 17:8:4Deut.17.8.W4TAB
דָבָ֜ר
davar
“a matter”
- Transliteration
- da-VAR
- Extended
- daa-VAAR
- IPA
- /daˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a matter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
da-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
KI yi-pa-LE mi-mek-KHA da-VAR
- clause
KI yi-pa-LE mi-mek-KHA da-VAR la-mish-PAT bein-DAM le-DAM bein-DEEN le-DEEN u-vein NE-ga la-NE-ga div-RE ri-VOT bish-a-re-KHA
- sentence
KI yi-pa-LE mi-mek-KHA da-VAR la-mish-PAT bein-DAM le-DAM bein-DEEN le-DEEN u-vein NE-ga la-NE-ga div-RE ri-VOT bish-a-re-KHA ve-KAM-ta ve-a-li-TA el-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha BO
Exegesis
The construct phrase dāvar la-mišpāṭ {דָּבָר לַמִּשְׁפָּט | dā-var la-miš-pāṭ} ‘case for judgment’ specifies judicial scope. A meristic triad in bêyn-dām lə-dām, bêyn-dīn lə-dīn, and u-bêyn la-negaʿ enumerates homicide, legal verdicts, and afflictions.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“to speak, word”
In context — Deuteronomy 17:8
If a case is too difficult for you to judge—between blood and blood, between case and case, or between affliction and affliction—matters of dispute within your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the LORD your God will choose .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 17:8, so the Hebrew word דָבָ֜ר (davar) 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 Deut.17.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.8.W4.S1) and character.