Exodus 18:11:7Exod.18.11.W7TAB
בַּדָּבָ֔ר
badavar
“in the matter”
- Transliteration
- ba-DA-var
- Extended
- bah-DAAH-vahr
- IPA
- /bad.ˈdaː.vaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the matter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
ba-DA-var
- phraseyour reading level
KI ba-DA-var
- clause
KI ba-DA-var a-SHER za-DU a-lei-HEM
- sentence
a-TAH ya-da-TEE ki-ga-DOL Ye-ho-VAH mi-KOL-ha-e-lo-HIM KI ba-DA-var a-SHER za-DU a-lei-HEM
Exegesis
The second ki leads into the causal clause introduced by the prepositional phrase baddavar {בַדָּבָר | bad-dā-ḇār} ‘in the very matter’, with the relative particle asher linking to zadu {זָדוּ | zā-ḏû} ‘they acted arrogantly’ and its object aleihem {עֲלֵיהֶם | ʿă-lê-hem} ‘against them’. The Hebrew text implies a result, which is rendered in English as “He proved Himself above them,” making explicit the LORD’s decisive supremacy.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdaleth–beth–resh
“word, matter, thing”
In context — Exodus 18:11
Now I know that the LORD is greater than all the gods, because in the very matter in which they acted arrogantly against them, He proved Himself above them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 18:11, so the Hebrew word בַּדָּבָ֔ר (badavar) 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.18.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.11.W7.S1) and character.