Numbers 13:26:12Num.13.26.W12TAB
דָּבָר֙
davar
“word”
- Transliteration
- da-VAR
- Extended
- daa-VAHR
- IPA
- /daˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
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Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
da-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-shi-VOO o-TAM da-VAR
- clause
va-ya-shi-VOO o-TAM da-VAR ve-ET-KOL-ha-e-DAH va-yar-UHM et-PRI ha-A-retz
- sentence
va-ye-le-KHU va-ya-VO-u el-MO-sheh ve-el-a-ha-RON ve-el-KOL-a-DAT be-NEI-yis-ra-EL el-mid-BAR pa-RAHN ka-de-SHAH va-ya-shi-VOO o-TAM da-VAR ve-ET-KOL-ha-e-DAH va-yar-UHM et-PRI ha-A-retz
Exegesis
The Hiphil vayashivu {וַיָּשִׁיבוּ | va-yāšîḇû} ‘they brought back word’ shifts to the act of reporting, with two object markers (wə-ʼet {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʼet} and ʼet {אֶת | ʼet}) emphasizing both message (dāḇār {דָּבָר | dāḇār}) and recipients.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet-bet-resh
“to speak; word”
In context — Numbers 13:26
And they went and came to Moses and to Aaron and to all the assembly of the sons of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran at Kadesh; and they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:26:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 13:26, so the Hebrew word דָּבָר֙ (davar) 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 Num.13.26.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.26.W12.S1) and character.