Genesis 18:25:4Gen.18.25.W4TAB
כַּדָּבָ֣ר
kadavar
“like the thing”
- Transliteration
- ka-da-VAR
- Extended
- kah-dah-VAAR
- IPA
- /kad.daː.ˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- like the thing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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
ka-da-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
me-a-SOT ka-da-VAR ha-ZEH
- clause
kha-LI-la le-KHA me-a-SOT ka-da-VAR ha-ZEH le-ha-MIT tsa-DIK im-ra-SHA ve-ha-YA kha-tsa-DIK ka-ra-SHA
- sentence
kha-LI-la le-KHA me-a-SOT ka-da-VAR ha-ZEH le-ha-MIT tsa-DIK im-ra-SHA ve-ha-YA kha-tsa-DIK ka-ra-SHA kha-LI-la LAKH ha-sho-FET kol-ha-A-rets LO ya-a-SE mi-she-PAT
Exegesis
A prepositional infinitive clause me’asot kadavar hazzeh {מֵעֲשֹׂ֣ת כַּדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֗ה | mē-ʿă-śōt ka-dā-ḏār ha-z-zēh} “from doing such a thing as this” specifies the reproved action.
Root and etymology
“to speak; a word”
In context — Genesis 18:25
Far be it from You to do this—to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous would be treated like the wicked. Far be it from You! Shall the Judge of all the earth not do justice ?
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:25:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 18:25, so the Hebrew word כַּדָּבָ֣ר (kadavar) 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.18.25.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.25.W4.S1) and character.