Deuteronomy 22:17:3Deut.22.17.W3TAB
עַל־דְּבָרִים
aldevarim
“about matters”
- Transliteration
- al-de-va-RIM
- Extended
- ahl-deh-va-REEM
- IPA
- /ʕal.dəvaˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- about matters
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
al-de-va-RIM
- sentence
ve-hi-NE-HU a-le-HA-SHEM al-de-va-RIM le-MOR lo-ma-TSA-ti le-vit-KHA be-tu-LIM ve-E-le be-tu-LEI bi-TI u-par-SU ha-sim-LA lif-NEI zik-NEI ha-IR
Exegesis
This is followed by the subject hu {הוּא | hūʾ} ‘he’ and the Qal perfect verb sam {שָׂם | śām} ‘placed’, which introduces the object construct alilot devarim {עֲלִילֹת דְּבָרִים | ʿă-lî-lōṯ də-wā-rîm} ‘accusations of words’.
Root and etymology
Rootd-b-r
“word, thing”
In context — Deuteronomy 22:17
And behold, he has brought accusations, saying, ‘I did not find your daughter a virgin.’ And these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. Then they shall spread out the garment before the elders of the city.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 22:17, so the Hebrew word עַל־דְּבָרִים (aldevarim) 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.22.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.17.W3.S1) and character.