הַדְּבָרִ֣ים (had·də·ḇā·rîm) in Genesis 15:1: Article | Noun - masculine plural

Hebrew-nominal

Noun

Article | Noun - masculine plural

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The nominal phrase supplies temporal linkage; the coming of the Lord's word is the new event.

The article makes the plural noun definite, while the preceding after and demonstrative force point back to the prior narrative sequence.

The preceding narrative matters after which the vision occurs

The temporal introduction after these events

The article and masculine plural noun form the definite retrospective expression these events or these things.

This occurrence is not the revelatory word later in the same verse and does not name one single event.

Moderate: The vision follows Abram's rescue of Lot, refusal of Sodom's wealth, and encounter with Melchizedek, bringing reassurance into that aftermath.

The article makes the plural noun definite, while the preceding after and demonstrative force point back to the prior narrative sequence.. The article and masculine plural noun form the definite retrospective expression these events or these things.. Attached to the preceding narrative matters after which the vision occurs. Governed by the temporal introduction after these events. This occurrence is not the revelatory word later in the same verse and does not name one single event.

What does events point back to at the start of Genesis 15? The definite plural expression gathers the preceding narrative matters and places the vision after them.

Direct: Events is an idiomatic rendering of the definite plural things or matters in this temporal formula.

The phrase can gather several preceding matters without specifying which one most directly occasions Abram's fear. The same lexeme means word later in the verse; number and clause attachment distinguish the senses.

Same Strong's entry means same English word: Plural matters in a temporal formula becomes events, while the singular revelation becomes word. definite plural isolates one episode: The phrase can summarize the preceding complex of events rather than one item.

At Genesis 15:1, the source token הַדְּבָרִ֣ים is H1697, Art | N-mp. The BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.

דָּבָר is the lemma behind events here. Within Genesis 15:1, H1697 retains this exact lexical identity.

The article makes the plural noun definite, while the preceding after and demonstrative force point back to the prior narrative sequence.

The vision follows Abram's rescue of Lot, refusal of Sodom's wealth, and encounter with Melchizedek, bringing reassurance into that aftermath.

God's covenant address enters concrete history, though the broad noun does not privilege one preceding episode by itself.

Distinguish the plural events token from the singular word token and use the phrase as a bridge to the preceding chapter.

Do not merge the two H1697 occurrences or claim that the plural noun specifies only one unnamed event.