1 Chronicles 21:10:21 Chr.21.10.W2TAB
וְדִבַּרְתָּ֨
vedibbarta
“and you shall speak”
- Transliteration
- ve-dib-BAR-ta
- Extended
- veh-dihb-BAR-tah
- IPA
- /vədibˈbar.tɑː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall speak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-dib-BAR-ta
- phraseyour reading level
LEKH ve-dib-BAR-ta el-da-VID
- clause
LEKH ve-dib-BAR-ta el-da-VID le-MOR KOH a-MAR ye-ho-VAH sha-LOSH a-NI no-TEH a-LE-kha
- sentence
LEKH ve-dib-BAR-ta el-da-VID le-MOR KOH a-MAR ye-ho-VAH sha-LOSH a-NI no-TEH a-LE-kha be-KHAR-le-kha a-KHAT me-HEN-na ve-e-e-SEH-lakh
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive ve-dibarta {וְדִבַּרְתָּ | wə-ḏib-bar-tā} ‘and you shall speak’ sets up the messenger function.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:10
Go and speak to David, saying, “Thus says the LORD : ‘Three judgments I am stretching out over you; choose for yourself one of these, and I will execute it for you.’”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 21:10, so the Hebrew word וְדִבַּרְתָּ֨ (vedibbarta) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.21.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.10.W2.S1) and character.