Exodus 18:16:3Exod.18.16.W3TAB
דָּבָר֙
davar
“a matter”
- Transliteration
- da-VAR
- Extended
- dah-VAAR
- IPA
- /daˈvaːr/
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
ki-ye-HYEH lah-HEM da-VAR
- clause
ki-ye-HYEH lah-HEM da-VAR BA eh-LAI veh-shah-FAHT-TEE BEIN ISH oo-BEIN reh-E-hu
- sentence
ki-ye-HYEH lah-HEM da-VAR BA eh-LAI veh-shah-FAHT-TEE BEIN ISH oo-BEIN reh-E-hu veh-hoh-da-TEE et-khoo-KEI ha-e-lo-HIM veh-et-toh-ro-TAAV
Exegesis
The dative phrase lahem {לָהֶם | lā-hem} links the subject davar {דָּבָר | dā-vār} to the people as any legal or relational case.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdaleth–beth–resh
“speak, matter”
In context — Exodus 18:16
Whenever they have a matter come to them, it comes to me and I judge between a man and his fellow, and I make known the statutes of God and His laws .
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 18:16, so the Hebrew word דָּבָר֙ (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 Exod.18.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.16.W3.S1) and character.