Judges 20:9:3Judg.20.9.W3TAB
הַדָּבָ֔ר
hadavar
“the matter”
- Transliteration
- ha-da-VAR
- Extended
- hah-dah-VAAR
- IPA
- /had.daˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the matter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ha-da-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
ZE ha-da-VAR
- clause
ve-a-TA ZE ha-da-VAR a-SHER na-a-SE la-giv-A
- sentence
ve-a-TA ZE ha-da-VAR a-SHER na-a-SE la-giv-A a-le-HA be-go-RAL
Exegesis
The demonstrative zeh {זֶה | zeh} ‘this’ identifies the topic, and the noun ha-davar {הַדָּבָר | ha-dā-var} ‘the matter’ functions as the subject of deliberation.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“word, matter”
In context — Judges 20:9
And now this is the matter that we will do to Gibeah; against it we will go by lot .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 20:9, so the Hebrew word הַדָּבָ֔ר (hadavar) 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 Judg.20.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.9.W3.S1) and character.