Job 15:3:2Job.15.3.W2TAB
בְּ֭דָבָר
bedavar
“with a word or matter”
- Transliteration
- be-da-VAR
- Extended
- beh-dah-VAAR
- IPA
- /bəðaːˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- with a word or matter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
be-da-VAR
- clause
ho-KHE-akh be-da-VAR LO yis-KON
- sentence
ho-KHE-akh be-da-VAR LO yis-KON u-mi-LIM lo-yo-IL BAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bedavar {בְּ֭דָבָר | bə-ḏāḇār} marks the instrument or medium (“in/with a matter”), and the first clause is closed by the negated imperfect lo yiskon {לֹ֣א יִסְכּ֑וֹן | lōʾ yiskōn}, presenting the outcome as futility (“it will not profit”).
Root and etymology
consonantsdalet–bet–resh
“word, matter”
In context — Job 15:3
Should he argue with a matter that is unprofitable, and with words by which he does no good?
About this coordinate
Job 15:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 15:3, so the Hebrew word בְּ֭דָבָר (bedavar) 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 Job.15.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.3.W2.S1) and character.