Ezekiel 14:9:4Ezek.14.9.W4TAB
דָּבָ֔ר
davar
“a word”
- Transliteration
- da-VAR
- Extended
- daa-VAAR
- IPA
- /daːˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
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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
ve-dib-BER da-VAR
- clause
ve-ha-na-VI ki-ye-fu-TE ve-dib-BER da-VAR a-NI Ye-ho-VAH pi-TEI-ti ET ha-na-VI ha-HU
- sentence
ve-ha-na-VI ki-ye-fu-TE ve-dib-BER da-VAR a-NI Ye-ho-VAH pi-TEI-ti ET ha-na-VI ha-HU ve-na-TI-ti et-ya-DI a-LAV ve-hish-mad-TIV mi-TOKH a-MI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The verse begins with a conditional protasis vehanavi ki-yeputteh vedibber davar {וְהַנָּבִיא | wə-ha-nā-ḇîʾ} ‘the prophet’, {כִּי־ יְפֻתֶּה | kî-yə-puṭ-teh} ‘he is enticed’, and {וְדִבֶּר | wə-dib-bēr} ‘he speaks’ combined with {דָּבָר | dā-ḇār} ‘word’, establishing prophetic deception.
Root and etymology
RootDalet–Bet–Resh
“word”
In context — Ezekiel 14:9
And if the prophet is enticed and speaks a word, I the LORD have enticed that prophet. I will stretch out my hand upon him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 14:9, so the Hebrew word דָּבָ֔ר (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 Ezek.14.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.9.W4.S1) and character.