Numbers 36:6:2Num.36.6.W2TAB

הַדָּבָ֞ר

hadavar

the matter

Transliteration
ha-da-VAR
Extended
hah-da-VAAR
IPA
/hadaˈvaːr/

Meaning by language

English
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Result
הַ + דָּ + בָ֞ר
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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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-da-VAR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ZEH ha-da-VAR

  3. clause

    ZEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER-tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH liv-NOT tselaf-KHAD le-MOR la-TOV be-ei-ne-HEM tih-ye-NA le-na-SHIM

  4. sentence

    ZEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER-tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH liv-NOT tselaf-KHAD le-MOR la-TOV be-ei-ne-HEM tih-ye-NA le-na-SHIM AKH le-mish-pa-KHAT ma-TEH a-vi-HEM tih-ye-NA le-na-SHIM

Exegesis

The formal heading zeh {זֶה | zêh} ha-davar {הַדָּבָר | haddāvar} ‘this word’ introduces a legal pronouncement.

Root and etymology

ד־ב־ר

word, matter

In contextNumbers 36:6

This is the word which the LORD commanded for the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, “They may become wives to whomever seems good in their eyes ; only to the family of their father’s tribe shall they become wives.”

About this coordinate

Numbers 36:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 36:6, so the Hebrew word הַדָּבָ֞ר (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 Num.36.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.36.6.W2.S1) and character.