Genesis 19:21:7Gen.19.21.W7TAB
לַדָּבָ֣ר
ladavar
“to the matter”
- Transliteration
- la-da-VAR
- Extended
- lah-dah-VAAR
- IPA
- /la.daː.ˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the matter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-da-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
la-da-VAR ha-ZEH
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LAV hi-NEH na-SA-ti fa-NE-kha GAM la-da-VAR ha-ZEH
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV hi-NEH na-SA-ti fa-NE-kha GAM la-da-VAR ha-ZEH le-vil-TI hof-KI et-ha-IR a-SHER di-BAR-ta
Exegesis
The coordinator gam {גַּם | gam} ‘also’ extends this favor, while ladavar hazeh {לַדָּבָר הַזֶּה | laḏ-dā-ḇār haz-zeh} ‘to this matter’ specifies its scope.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“matter, speech”
In context — Genesis 19:21
And He said to him, “Behold, I have shown favor to you also concerning this matter , so that I will not overthrow the city which you have spoken of.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 19:21, so the Hebrew word לַדָּבָ֣ר (ladavar) 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.19.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.21.W7.S1) and character.