Leviticus 17:2:10Lev.17.2.W10TAB
הַדָּבָ֔ר
hadavar
“thing”
- Transliteration
- ha-da-VAR
- Extended
- ha-da-VAAR
- IPA
- /had.daˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-da-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
ZEH ha-da-VAR
- clause
ZEH ha-da-VAR a-sher-tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH leh-MOR
- sentence
da-BER el-a-ha-RON ve-el-ba-NAV ve-EL kol-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-lei-HEM ZEH ha-da-VAR a-sher-tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH leh-MOR
Exegesis
The demonstrative zeh {זֶה | zēh} paired with ha-dāvar {הַדָּבָר | ha-dā-var} focuses on “this word,” while the relative clause ʾăšer-ṣivwâ {אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה | ʾă-šer-ṣivwâ} attributes its origin to the divine command.
Root and etymology
d-b-rDalet Bet Resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Leviticus 17:2
Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: “This is the word that the LORD has commanded, saying,”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:2:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 17:2, 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 Lev.17.2.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.2.W10.S1) and character.