1 Chronicles 21:9:11 Chr.21.9.W1TAB
וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר
vayedaber
“and spoke”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-da-BER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-dah-BEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.jəðaˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and spoke
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-da-BER
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-da-BER ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER ye-ho-VAH el-GAD kho-ZEH da-VID le-MOR
Exegesis
The clause opens with the narrative wayyiqtol vayyedabber {וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר | wayyədabbēr} ‘and He spoke’, pushing the storyline forward with a new divine action.
Root and etymology
consonantsDalet–Bet–Resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:9
And the LORD spoke to Gad, David’s seer , saying:
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 21:9, so the Hebrew word וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר (vayedaber) 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.21.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.9.W1.S1) and character.