Judges 21:11:2Judg.21.11.W2TAB

הַדָּבָ֖ר

hadavar

the thing

Transliteration
ha-da-VAR
Extended
hah-dah-VAAR
IPA
/had.daˈvaːr/

Meaning by language

English
the thing

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + דָּ + בָ֖ר
ha + da + var
hadavar

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-da-VAR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ZEH ha-da-VAR

  3. clause

    ve-ZEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER ta-a-SU

  4. sentence

    ve-ZEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER ta-a-SU kol-za-KHAR ve-kol-i-SHA yo-DA-at mish-kav-za-KHAR ta-kha-ri-MU

Exegesis

The noun hadavar {הַדָּבָר | ha-dā-var} ‘the thing’ frames the instruction as an official command.

Root and etymology

d-b-rDalet, Bet, Resh

word, matter

In contextJudges 21:11

And this is the thing that you shall do: Every male and every woman who has known the lying with a male, you shall destroy .

About this coordinate

Judges 21:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 21:11, so the Hebrew word הַדָּבָ֖ר (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.21.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.11.W2.S1) and character.