Numbers 14:20:4Num.14.20.W4TAB
כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ׃
kidvarekha
“according to your word”
- Transliteration
- kid-va-RE-kha
- Extended
- kihd-va-REH-kha
- IPA
- /kid.vaˈreːxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to your word
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kid-va-RE-kha
- sentence
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH sa-lakh-TI kid-va-RE-kha
Exegesis
The prepositional construct kidvarekha {כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ | kî-dǝwārēḵā} ‘according to your word’ links forgiveness to Moses’ intercession, with kî functioning as a subordinating particle of measure or cause. The brevity and paratactic structure accentuate the immediacy and authority of the divine response.
Root and etymology
d-b-rsame
“word, speaking, matter”
In context — Numbers 14:20
And the LORD said, “I have forgiven according to your word.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 14:20, so the Hebrew word כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ׃ (kidvarekha) 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.14.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.20.W4.S1) and character.