וְדָבָ֥ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְדָבָ֥ר

   ve-da-VAR

   and a matter
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְדָבָ֥ר אֵין־לָהֶ֖ם

   ve-da-VAR EN-la-HEM

   and a matter there was not to them
3. clause🔊 וַיִּרְא֣וּ אֶת־הָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־בְּקִרְבָּ֣הּ יוֹשֶֽׁבֶת־לָ֠בֶטַח כְּמִשְׁפַּ֨ט צִדֹנִ֜ים שֹׁקֵ֣ט וּבֹטֵ֗חַ וְאֵין־מַכְלִ֨ים דָּבָ֤ר בָּאָ֙רֶץ֙ יוֹרֵ֣שׁ עֶ֔צֶר וּרְחֹקִ֥ים הֵ֙מָּה֙ מִצִּ֣דֹנִ֔ים וְדָבָ֥ר אֵין־לָהֶ֖ם עִם־אָדָֽם׃

   va-yir-E-u et-ha-AM a-SHER-be-kir-BAH yo-SHE-vet-la-VE-takh ke-mish-PAT tsi-do-NIM sho-KET u-vo-TE-akh ve-EN-ma-khe-LIM da-VAR ba-A-rets yo-RESH E-tser u-re-kho-KIM HE-ma mi-tsi-do-NIM ve-da-VAR EN-la-HEM im-a-DAM

   and they saw {direct object} the people who were in her midst dwelling in security according to the custom of Sidonians quiet and trusting or secure and there was no one causing shame a thing in the land possessing restraint or need and far away they were from the Sidonians and a matter there was not to them with a human being
4. sentence🔊 וַיֵּלְכוּ֙ חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֔ים וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ לָ֑יְשָׁה וַיִּרְא֣וּ אֶת־הָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־בְּקִרְבָּ֣הּ יוֹשֶֽׁבֶת־לָ֠בֶטַח כְּמִשְׁפַּ֨ט צִדֹנִ֜ים שֹׁקֵ֣ט וּבֹטֵ֗חַ וְאֵין־מַכְלִ֨ים דָּבָ֤ר בָּאָ֙רֶץ֙ יוֹרֵ֣שׁ עֶ֔צֶר וּרְחֹקִ֥ים הֵ֙מָּה֙ מִצִּ֣דֹנִ֔ים וְדָבָ֥ר אֵין־לָהֶ֖ם עִם־אָדָֽם׃

   va-ye-le-KHU kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM va-ya-VO-u LAI-sha va-yir-E-u et-ha-AM a-SHER-be-kir-BAH yo-SHE-vet-la-VE-takh ke-mish-PAT tsi-do-NIM sho-KET u-vo-TE-akh ve-EN-ma-khe-LIM da-VAR ba-A-rets yo-RESH E-tser u-re-kho-KIM HE-ma mi-tsi-do-NIM ve-da-VAR EN-la-HEM im-a-DAM

   and they went five of the men and they came to Laish and they saw {direct object} the people who were in her midst dwelling in security according to the custom of Sidonians quiet and trusting or secure and there was no one causing shame a thing in the land possessing restraint or need and far away they were from the Sidonians and a matter there was not to them with a human being

Exegesis

The phrases u-reḥokim hemmah mitsidonim {וּרְחֹקִים הֵמָּה מִצִּדֹנִים | ū-rəḥōqîm hēmmah miṣīḏōnîm} and ve-davar ein-lahem im-adam {וְדָבָר אֵין־לָהֶם עִם־אָדָם | wə-dāvar ʾēn lāhem ʿim-ʾādām} emphasize geographic separation and lack of social interaction, portraying an isolated but secure community.

Root and etymology

ד־ב־ר🔊 dalet–bet–reshd-b-r

“word, matter”

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