דִּבְרֵי/כֶ֔ם
𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉/𐤊𐤌
Davar
your words
A discrete unit of speech (word), message, or utterance; more broadly, an event, matter, issue, or thing under consideration. 'Davar' serves as a flexible term in Biblical Hebrew, used to denote both spoken and written words, as well as abstract or concrete matters or affairs. Its semantic range includes specific utterances, divine messages or commandments, matters of legal or administrative concern, and, in extended use, events, situations, or objects.
ndaba "message, affair" (Sukuma) · nyaya "matter, issue, story, news, case, conversation topic" (Shona) · indaba "matter, business, affair, word, news" (Ndebele) +3 moreDeuteronomy 5:28 · Word #5
Lexicon H1697
| Lemma | דָּבָר |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤃𐤁𐤓 |
| Transliteration | Davar |
| Strong's | H1697 |
| Definition | A discrete unit of speech (word), message, or utterance; more broadly, an event, matter, issue, or thing under consideration. 'Davar' serves as a flexible term in Biblical Hebrew, used to denote both spoken and written words, as well as abstract or concrete matters or affairs. Its semantic range includes specific utterances, divine messages or commandments, matters of legal or administrative concern, and, in extended use, events, situations, or objects. |
Morphology HNcmpc/Sp2mp
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | c — Common — Common noun |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | p — Plural — Plural |
| State | c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word |
Common Translation
| Phrase | your words |
SIBI-P1 Translation H1697-26
your spoken matters
| Morphological Notes | Masculine plural noun in construct (דִּבְרֵי) + 2nd person masculine plural pronominal suffix; "matters/words of you (mp)." |
| Rendering Rationale | The construct plural דִּבְרֵי with 2mp suffix denotes "matters/words of you (masculine plural)." "Spoken matters" preserves the root sense of something declared while reflecting the broad semantic range beyond mere vocabulary items. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
your spoken matters
| Same as P1 | Yes |
| Rationale | 'Dibreychem' is best rendered as 'your spoken matters' to remain root-faithful and match SILEX; P1 fits the context and grammatical relationship with 'sound of.' |
Bantu Hebrew
דִּבְרֵי/כֶ֔ם (Davar) — A discrete unit of speech (word), message, or utterance; more broadly, an event, matter, issue, or thing under consideration. 'Davar' serves as a flexible term in Biblical Hebrew, used to denote both spoken and written words, as well as abstract or concrete matters or affairs. Its semantic range includes specific utterances, divine messages or commandments, matters of legal or administrative concern, and, in extended use, events, situations, or objects.
| Word | Meaning | Language |
|---|---|---|
| ndaba | message, affair | Sukuma |
| nyaya | matter, issue, story, news, case, conversation topic | Shona |
| indaba | matter, business, affair, word, news | Ndebele |
| indaba | matter, affair, news, issue, word | Swati |
| indaba | matter, issue, affair, news, story, subject of speech | Xhosa |
| Ndaba | matter, affair, news, discussion | Zulu |