דְבַר־ (ḏə·ḇar-) in Genesis 15:1: Noun - masculine singular construct
דְבַר־ (ḏə·ḇar-) in Genesis 15:1
Source Word
At Genesis 15:1, the source token דְבַר־ is H1697, N-msc. The BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
The word gives the noun its defined sense through the following of the Lord relationship. The Lord addresses Abram's fear with a personal promise of protection and reward before responding to his concern about an heir.
How To Communicate It
Keep word connected to came and to the direct reassurance that follows, showing revelation as God's purposeful address.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not turn the noun alone into a technical title for Scripture or the eternal Word without contextual and canonical argument.
- The noun can mean word, matter, or event; the vision and quoted speech favor an addressed message here.
- Read the word within Genesis 15:1 as this H1697 occurrence; broader theology requires the passage.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-nominal
Noun
Noun - masculine singular construct
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Masculine
Singular
Construct
None
As a noun, it identifies the arriving message; the finite verb supplies the event of revelation.
The masculine singular noun is closely linked by the following divine-name phrase, and the whole expression serves as subject of came.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The Lord as the source of the word that comes to Abram
The vision report introducing reassurance after the preceding events
The noun begins the subject phrase the word of the Lord, identifying the revelatory message that comes in the vision.
Word here is not merely a sound, a generic Bible title, or an impersonal force detached from the Lord who speaks.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The Lord addresses Abram's fear with a personal promise of protection and reward before responding to his concern about an heir.
The masculine singular noun is closely linked by the following divine-name phrase, and the whole expression serves as subject of came.. The noun begins the subject phrase the word of the Lord, identifying the revelatory message that comes in the vision.. Attached to the Lord as the source of the word that comes to Abram. Governed by the vision report introducing reassurance after the preceding events. Word here is not merely a sound, a generic Bible title, or an impersonal force detached from the Lord who speaks.
What is the word of the Lord in this verse? It is the divine message that comes to Abram in a vision and speaks directly to his fear and future.
Direct: The word gives the noun its defined sense through the following of the Lord relationship.
The noun can mean word, matter, or event; the vision and quoted speech favor an addressed message here. The construction is closely linked even though the report's short morphology label does not spell out every syntactic detail.
Word always means written Scripture: This occurrence introduces a spoken revelatory message in a vision. lexical identity proves later christological title: Canonical connections may be explored, but H1697 here first names the Lord's message to Abram.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
At Genesis 15:1, the source token דְבַר־ is H1697, N-msc. The BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
דָּבָר is the lemma behind the word here. Within Genesis 15:1, H1697 retains this exact lexical identity.
The masculine singular noun is closely linked by the following divine-name phrase, and the whole expression serves as subject of came.
The Lord addresses Abram's fear with a personal promise of protection and reward before responding to his concern about an heir.
Divine revelation meets covenant fear with God's own pledged presence, while later uses of word should not be collapsed into this occurrence.
Keep word connected to came and to the direct reassurance that follows, showing revelation as God's purposeful address.
Do not turn the noun alone into a technical title for Scripture or the eternal Word without contextual and canonical argument.