Deuteronomy 19:15:14Deut.19.15.W14TAB
דָּבָֽר׃
davar
“a matter”
- Transliteration
- da-VAR
- Extended
- dah-VAAR
- IPA
- /jaˈkum/
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
ya-KUM da-VAR
- clause
al-PI she-NEI e-DEEM O al-PI she-lo-SHA-e-DEEM ya-KUM da-VAR
- sentence
LO-ya-KUM ED e-KHAD be-ISH le-KHOL-a-VON u-le-KHOL-khat-TAT be-KHOL-KHET a-sher ye-khe-TA al-PI she-NEI e-DEEM O al-PI she-lo-SHA-e-DEEM ya-KUM da-VAR
Exegesis
The clausula returns to yaqum davar {יָקוּם דָּבָר | yāqūm dāwār} ‘a matter shall stand’, forming an inclusio that emphasizes the conditional and resultant nature of legal judgments. English renders 'stand' and 'matter/case' to reflect the Hebrew legal imagery.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“word, matter”
In context — Deuteronomy 19:15
A single witness shall not stand against a person for any iniquity or for any sin, concerning any offense which he may commit; a matter shall be established by the testimony of two witnesses or by the testimony of three witnesses.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:15:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Deuteronomy 19:15, so the Hebrew word דָּבָֽר׃ (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.19.15.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.15.W14.S1) and character.