דִּבְרָה
divra · matter, cause
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H1701 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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divra (דִּבְרָה) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “matter, cause”.
(Aramaic): "so that", "because of".
How to say it
div·ra
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The reason or purpose for which something happens.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Daniel 2:30
And as for me, not by wisdom that is in me more than in all the living has this mystery been revealed to me, but so that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.
- Daniel 4:17
The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the request by the word of the holy ones, so that the living may know that Illaya rules over the kingdom of men, and to whomever he wishes he gives it, and the lowliest of men he sets up over it.’