Genesis 20:11:11Gen.20.11.W11TAB
עַל־דְּבַ֥ר
aldevar
“because of”
- Transliteration
- al-de-VAR
- Extended
- ahl-deh-VAHR
- IPA
- /ʕal.dəˈvar/
Meaning by language
- English
- because of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-de-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
al-de-VAR ish-TI
- clause
va-ha-ra-GU-ni al-de-VAR ish-TI
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-ra-HAM KI a-MAR-ti RAK en-yi-re-AT e-lo-HIM ba-ma-KOM ha-ZEH va-ha-ra-GU-ni al-de-VAR ish-TI
Exegesis
Finally, the construct al devar ishti {עַל־דְּבַ֥ר אִשְׁתִּֽי | ʿal-də-var ʾiš-tî} ‘because of my wife’ compresses cause and relational concern into a single construct.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“word, matter”
In context — Genesis 20:11
And Abraham said, “Because I said, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of the matter of my wife.’”
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:11:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 20:11, so the Hebrew word עַל־דְּבַ֥ר (aldevar) 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.20.11.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.11.W11.S1) and character.