Jonah 4:2:7Jonah.4.2.W7TAB

דְבָרִ֗י

devari

my word or my matter

Transliteration
de-va-RI
Extended
deh-vah-REE
IPA
/dəvaːˈriː/

Meaning by language

English
my word or my matter

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
דְ + בָ + רִ֗י
de + va + ri
devari

Alphabet Analysis

Daletd as in door
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    de-va-RI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-lo-ZE de-va-RI

  3. clause

    va-yit-pal-LEL el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR AN-na ye-ho-VAH ha-lo-ZE de-va-RI ad-he-yo-TI al-ad-ma-TI al-KEN ki-dam-TI liv-RO-akh tar-shi-SHA

  4. sentence

    va-yit-pal-LEL el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR AN-na ye-ho-VAH ha-lo-ZE de-va-RI ad-he-yo-TI al-ad-ma-TI al-KEN ki-dam-TI liv-RO-akh tar-shi-SHA KI ya-da-TI KI a-TA el-kha-NUN ve-ra-KHUM E-rekh a-PA-yim ve-rav-KHE-sed ve-ni-KHAM al-ha-ra-A

Exegesis

that expects agreement, and devari {דְבָרִ֗י | də-ḇā-rî} ‘my word’ points back to Jonah’s prior stance.

In contextJonah 4:2

And he prayed to the LORD and said, “Please, LORD, is this not my word while I was still on my land? Therefore I went ahead to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious God and compassionate, slow to anger, great in steadfast love, and relenting concerning the calamity.”

About this coordinate

Jonah 4:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jonah 4:2, so the Hebrew word דְבָרִ֗י (devari) 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 Jonah.4.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jonah.4.2.W7.S1) and character.