Exodus 18:26:4Exod.18.26.W4TAB
אֶת־הַדָּבָ֤ר
ethadavar
“the matter”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-da-VAR
- Extended
- eht-hah-dah-VAAR
- IPA
- /ʔɛθ.had.daː.ˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the matter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
et-ha-da-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
et-ha-da-VAR ha-ka-SHEH
- clause
et-ha-da-VAR ha-ka-SHEH ye-vee-OON el-mo-SHEH ve-khol-ha-da-VAR ha-ka-TON yish-pu-TU HEM
- sentence
ve-shaf-TU et-ha-AM be-khol-ET et-ha-da-VAR ha-ka-SHEH ye-vee-OON el-mo-SHEH ve-khol-ha-da-VAR ha-ka-TON yish-pu-TU HEM
Exegesis
In the clause et-hadavar haqqāšeh yeviun el-mosheh {אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַקָּשֶׁה יְבִיאוּן אֶל־מֹשֶׁה | ʾeṯ-had-dāḇār haqqāšeh yə-ḇîʾûn ʾel-mōšeh}, fronting the difficult matter emphasizes referral of complex cases to Moses, with the Hiphil imperfect denoting repeated action.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“word, matter”
In context — Exodus 18:26
And they judged the people continually; the difficult matter they brought to Moses, but every small matter they themselves decided.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 18:26, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַדָּבָ֤ר (ethadavar) 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.18.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.26.W4.S1) and character.