Isaiah 36:21:4Isa.36.21.W4TAB
דָּבָ֑ר
davar
“a word”
- Transliteration
- da-VAR
- Extended
- dah-VAAR
- IPA
- /daːˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
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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
- clause
va-ya-kha-ri-SHU ve-LO-a-NU o-TO da-VAR
- sentence
va-ya-kha-ri-SHU ve-LO-a-NU o-TO da-VAR ki-mits-VAT ha-ME-lekh HI le-MOR LO ta-a-NU-hu
Exegesis
This is followed by the coordinated negation velo-anu oto davar {וְלֹֽא־עָנוּ אֹת֖וֹ דָּבָ֑ר | wə-lô-ʿānû ʾôtô dāvar} ‘and did not answer him a word’, where the maqqef binds velo and anu in a single negated clause and oto marks the object.
Root and etymology
RootDalet–Bet–Resh
“word; matter”
In context — Isaiah 36:21
But they kept silent and did not answer him a word, for the king’s command was, saying, “Do not answer him.”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 36:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 36:21, so the Hebrew word דָּבָ֑ר (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 Isa.36.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.36.21.W4.S1) and character.