מִ/דְּבַר
𐤌/𐤃𐤁𐤓
Davar
from a matter
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 moreExodus 23:7 · Word #1
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 HR/Ncmsc
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | c — Common — Common noun |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word |
Common Translation
| Phrase | from a matter |
SIBI-P1 Translation H1697-58
from a spoken matter of
| Morphological Notes | Preposition מִן + masculine singular common noun in construct state (דְּבַר) from דָּבָר. |
| Rendering Rationale | The noun derives from the root דבר (“to speak, declare”) and in construct singular denotes a ‘spoken matter’ or ‘declared thing’ belonging to what follows. The prefixed preposition מִן adds the sense ‘from,’ yielding ‘from a spoken matter of.’ |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
from a matter of
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | SIBI-P1 is 'from a spoken matter of' but the Hebrew מִדְּבַר שֶׁקֶר most naturally means 'from a matter of falsehood.' The addition of 'spoken' in P1 is unnecessary in this construct context, so the rendering is corrected to 'from a matter of.' |
Bantu Hebrew
מִ/דְּבַר (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.