Exodus 1:18:8Exod.1.18.W8PAT
הַדָּבָ֣ר
hadavar
“the matter”
- Transliteration
- ha-da-VAR
- Extended
- hah-dah-VAAR
- IPA
- /had.daˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the matter
- French
- le fait
- Spanish
- el asunto
- Portuguese
- o assunto
- German
- die Sache
- Russian
- дело
- Arabic-Simplified
- الأمر
- Hindi
- बात
- Chinese-Simplified
- 事情
- Korean
- 일
- Indonesian
- perkara
- Bengali
- বিষয়টি
- Tagalog
- ang bagay
- Swahili
- jambo
- Amharic
- ነገሩ
- Yoruba
- ọrọ naa
- Igbo
- okwu ahụ
- Twi
- asɛm no
- Ewe
- nya la
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
ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH
- clause
va-yik-RA ME-lekh-mits-RA-yim la-me-yal-le-DOT va-yo-MER la-HEN mad-DU-a a-si-TEN ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH
- sentence
va-yik-RA ME-lekh-mits-RA-yim la-me-yal-le-DOT va-yo-MER la-HEN mad-DU-a a-si-TEN ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH va-te-khai-YE-na ET-ha-ye-la-DIM
In context — Exodus 1:18
and called the king of Egypt to the midwives and said to them why have you done the matter this and kept alive the boys
About this coordinate
Exodus 1:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 1:18, so the Hebrew word הַדָּבָ֣ר (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 Exod.1.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.1.18.W8.S1) and character.