Exodus 16:32:4Exod.16.32.W4TAB
הַדָּבָר֙
hadavar
“the matter”
- Transliteration
- ha-da-VAR
- Extended
- hah-dah-VAAR
- IPA
- /ha.daˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the matter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
ha-da-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
ZEH ha-da-VAR
- clause
va-YO-mer MO-sheh ZEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER tsiv-VA Ye-ho-VAH me-LO ha-O-mer mim-ME-noo leh-mish-ME-ret leh-doh-ro-TE-khem
- sentence
va-YO-mer MO-sheh ZEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER tsiv-VA Ye-ho-VAH me-LO ha-O-mer mim-ME-noo leh-mish-ME-ret leh-doh-ro-TE-khem leh-MA-an yir-U et-ha-LE-khem a-SHER he-e-KHAL-ti et-KHEM ba-mid-BAR be-ho-tsi-EE et-KHEM meh-E-rets mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The nominal clause zeh hadavar {זֶה הַדָּבָר | zeh ha-dā-ḇār} ‘this is the matter/instruction’ functions as a discourse marker.
Root and etymology
RootDalet–Bet–Resh
“word or thing”
In context — Exodus 16:32
And Moses said, “Here is the instruction that the LORD has given: A full omer of it must be preserved for your generations , so that they may see the bread which I gave you to eat in the wilderness when I brought you out of Egypt.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:32:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 16:32, so the Hebrew word הַדָּבָר֙ (hadavar) 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 Exod.16.32.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.32.W4.S1) and character.