Genesis 19:22:8Gen.19.22.W8TAB
דָּבָ֔ר
davar
“anything”
- Transliteration
- da-VAR
- Extended
- dah-VAAR
- IPA
- /daː.ˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- anything
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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
la-a-SOT da-VAR
- clause
ma-HER him-ma-LET SHAM-ma KI LO u-KHAL la-a-SOT da-VAR ad-bo-a-KHA SHAM-ma
- sentence
ma-HER him-ma-LET SHAM-ma KI LO u-KHAL la-a-SOT da-VAR ad-bo-a-KHA SHAM-ma al-KEN ka-RA shem-ha-IR tso-AR
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces the causal clause where lo ukhal {לֹא אוּכַל | lō ʾûkhal} ‘I am not able’ (Qal imperfect first person negated) links to the infinitive la'asot {לַעֲשׂוֹת | laʿăśôt} ‘to do’ plus davar {דָּבָר | dāḇār} ‘thing’, yielding “to do a thing.”
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“matter, speech”
In context — Genesis 19:22
Swiftly flee there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar .
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:22:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 19:22, 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 Gen.19.22.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.22.W8.S1) and character.