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
- the matter
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 liv-NOT tselaf-KHAD le-MOR la-TOV be-ei-ne-HEM tih-ye-NA le-na-SHIM
- 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 context — Numbers 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.