Genesis 15:4:2Gen.15.4.W2TAB
דְבַר־יְהוָ֤ה
devaryehovah
“word of the LORD”
- Transliteration
- de-var-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- deh-vahr-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /ðə.var.jə.ho.ˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- word of the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
de-var-ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hin-NEH de-var-ye-ho-VAH e-LAV
- clause
ve-hin-NEH de-var-ye-ho-VAH e-LAV le-MOR LO yi-rash-KHA ZEH
- sentence
ve-hin-NEH de-var-ye-ho-VAH e-LAV le-MOR LO yi-rash-KHA ZEH ki-IM a-SHER ye-TSE mim-me-E-kha HU yi-ra-SHE-kha
Exegesis
The construct chain devar YHWH {דְבַר־יְהוָה | də-var Yə-hō-wāh} ‘word of the LORD’ frames the speech as an authoritative divine oracle.
Root and etymology
d-b-r
“speak, declare, word”
In context — Genesis 15:4
And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but rather the one who shall come forth from your own inner being —he shall be your heir.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 15:4, so the Hebrew word דְבַר־יְהוָ֤ה (devaryehovah) 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 Gen.15.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.4.W2.S1) and character.