וְדָבָ֤ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְדָבָ֤ר

   ve-da-VAR

   and a matter
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְדָבָ֤ר אֵין־לָהֶם֙

   ve-da-VAR EN-la-HEM

   and a matter there was not to them
3. clause🔊 וְאֵ֨ין מַצִ֜יל כִּ֧י רְֽחוֹקָה־הִ֣יא מִצִּיד֗וֹן וְדָבָ֤ר אֵין־לָהֶם֙ עִם־אָדָ֔ם וְהִ֕יא בָּעֵ֖מֶק אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְבֵית־רְח֑וֹב

   ve-EN ma-TSIL KI re-kho-KA-HI mi-tsi-DON ve-da-VAR EN-la-HEM im-A-dam ve-HI ba-E-meq a-SHER le-VET-re-KHOV

   and there was no one delivering for far it was from Sidon and a matter there was not to them with a human and it in the valley which to Beth-rehob
4. sentence🔊 וְאֵ֨ין מַצִ֜יל כִּ֧י רְֽחוֹקָה־הִ֣יא מִצִּיד֗וֹן וְדָבָ֤ר אֵין־לָהֶם֙ עִם־אָדָ֔ם וְהִ֕יא בָּעֵ֖מֶק אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְבֵית־רְח֑וֹב וַיִּבְנ֥וּ אֶת־הָעִ֖יר וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ בָֽהּ׃

   ve-EN ma-TSIL KI re-kho-KA-HI mi-tsi-DON ve-da-VAR EN-la-HEM im-A-dam ve-HI ba-E-meq a-SHER le-VET-re-KHOV va-yiv-NU et-ha-IR va-yesh-VU VA

   and there was no one delivering for far it was from Sidon and a matter there was not to them with a human and it in the valley which to Beth-rehob and they built the city and they dwelt in it

Exegesis

The phrase ve-davar ein-lahem im-adam {וְדָבָ֤ר אֵ֨ין־לָהֶם עִם־אָדָם | və-ḏā-vār ʾên-lā-hēm ʿim-ʾā-ḏām} ‘and there was no business for them with a man’ combines the abstract noun davar {דָּבָר | dā-vār} ‘matter, affair’ with the prepositional phrase im-adam {עִם־אָדָם | ʿim-ʾā-ḏām} ‘with a person’ to convey social separation.

Root and etymology

ד־ב־ר🔊 dalet–bet–reshd-b-r

“word, matter”

• 🔊 מְדַבֵּרme-da-bērspeakerExodus 4:10
• 🔊 דִּבְרָהdi-b-rāhspeechJob 33:14