Exodus 18:26:8Exod.18.26.W8TAB
וְכָל־הַדָּבָ֥ר
vekholhadavar
“and every matter”
- Transliteration
- ve-khol-ha-da-VAR
- Extended
- veh-khohl-hah-dah-VAAR
- IPA
- /wə.xɔl.had.daː.ˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and every matter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
ve-khol-ha-da-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-khol-ha-da-VAR ha-ka-TON
- 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
The parallel wə-kol-had-dāḇār haqqāṭōn yišpəṭû hēm {וְכָל־הַדָּבָר הַקָּטֹן יִשְׁפּוּטוּ הֵם | wə-ḵol-had-dāḇār haqqāṭōn yišpəṭû hēm} mirrors this pattern—fronted object, verb, and emphatic pronoun underscore the contrast between major and minor cases. The English reconstructions maintain the emphasis and habitual aspect while smoothing Hebrew word order.
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 18:26:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 18:26, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־הַדָּבָ֥ר (vekholhadavar) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.26.W8.S1) and character.