דְבָֽר

𐤃𐤁𐤓

devar

Debar

or לוֹ דבַר; (Samuel 9:4,5), or לִדְבִר; (Joshua 13:26), (probably rather לֹדְבַר ); from לֹא and דֹּבֶר; pastureless; Lo-Debar, a place in Palestine; Debir, Lodebar.

H3810

2 Samuel 9:5 · Word #10

Lexicon H3810

Lemmaלֹא דְבַר
Lemma (Paleo)𐤋𐤀 𐤃𐤁𐤓
TransliterationLôʼ Dᵉbar
Strong'sH3810
In-contextDebar

Morphology HNp All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype p — Proper Name — Proper name

SIBI-P1 H3810-02

word-of

Rootדבר (d-b-r)
Core Meaningsspeech, speaking, word, matter, affair, communication
Semantic Rangeword, speech, statement, matter, affair, event, decree, command, report, promise, thing
Conceptual Significanceדָּבָר is a central biblical term linking speech and reality—what is spoken becomes an enacted matter. It is used for human words, royal decrees, legal matters, and especially the revealed word of יהוה, highlighting the dynamic power and authority of divine speech in Israel’s faith.
Morphological NotesCommon masculine singular noun in construct state from דָּבָר (dâbâr). The reduced vowel reflects construct formation, binding it syntactically to a following genitive.
Rendering RationaleThe noun דְּבַר is masculine singular in the construct state (HNcmsc), indicating "word of…" in a bound relationship with a following noun. Rendering it as "word-of" preserves both its root sense of spoken matter (from דבר, "to speak") and its grammatical construct form, which requires completion by what follows.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root דבר (speech, speaking, word, matter, affair, communication)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H1696-01 adaber I will declare
H1696-02 adaberah Let me speak forth
H1697-01 badavar in the word

Word Usage (6 occurrences of H3810)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
2 Samuel 9:4 בְּ/ל֥וֹ belo in Lo
2 Samuel 9:4 דְבָֽר devar Debar
2 Samuel 9:5 מִ/לּ֥וֹ milo from Lo