Deuteronomy 23:4:1Deut.23.4.W1TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:5
עַל־דְּבַר֙
aldevar
“because of the matter”
- Transliteration
- al-de-VAR
- Extended
- ahl-de-VAHR
- IPA
- /ʕal.dəˈvar/
Meaning by language
- English
- because of the matter
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-de-VAR
- sentence
al-de-VAR a-SHER lo-kid-MU et-KHEM ba-LE-khem u-va-MA-yim ba-DE-rekh be-tse-TE-khem mi-mits-RA-yim va-yas-KIR a-LEI-kha et-bil-AM ben-be-OR mip-TOR a-RAM na-ha-RA-yim le-ka-LEL-kha
Exegesis
The verse opens with the causal prepositional phrase al-devar {עַל־דְּבַר | ʿal-dǝvar} ‘on account of the matter’.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“to speak, declare, matter”
In context — Deuteronomy 23:4
On account of the matter that they did not come to meet you with bread and with water on the journey when you came out from Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam , son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharayim, to curse you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 23:4, so the Hebrew word עַל־דְּבַר֙ (aldevar) 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.23.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.4.W1.S1) and character.