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
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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Word in context
- word
ha-da-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ZEH ha-da-VAR
- clause
ve-ZEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER ta-a-SU
- 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 context — Judges 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.