Genesis 20:10:8Gen.20.10.W8TAB
אֶת־הַדָּבָ֥ר
ethadavar
“matter”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-da-VAR
- Extended
- eht-hah-dah-VAAR
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.had.da.ˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- matter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
et-ha-da-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE
- clause
MA ra-I-ta KI a-SI-ta et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh el-av-ra-HAM MA ra-I-ta KI a-SI-ta et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE
Exegesis
The et-hadavar {אֶת־הַדָּבָר | ʾeṯ-had-dā-ḇār} phrase ‘the thing’ is marked by the direct-object marker ʾet, and the demonstrative hazeh {הַזֶּה | haz-zeh} ‘this’ specifies the deed. The structure ‘What you saw that you did this thing?’ foregrounds Abraham’s perception as the causal ground for his action.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–bet–resh
“word, matter, thing”
In context — Genesis 20:10
And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see , that you did this thing ?”
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 20:10, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַדָּבָ֥ר (ethadavar) 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.20.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.10.W8.S1) and character.