1 Kings 13:11:161 Kgs.13.11.W16TAB
דִּבֶּ֣ר
diber
“spoke”
- Transliteration
- di-BER
- Extended
- dih-BEHR
- IPA
- /dibˈbɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- spoke
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
di-BER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER di-BER el-ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-ya-VO ve-NO va-ye-sa-PER-LO et-KOL-ha-ma-a-SE a-SHER-a-SA ish-ha-e-lo-HIM ha-YOM be-VET-EL et-ha-de-va-RIM a-SHER di-BER el-ha-ME-lekh va-ye-sa-pe-RUM la-a-vi-HEM
- sentence
ve-na-VI e-KHAD za-KEN yo-SHEV be-VET-EL va-ya-VO ve-NO va-ye-sa-PER-LO et-KOL-ha-ma-a-SE a-SHER-a-SA ish-ha-e-lo-HIM ha-YOM be-VET-EL et-ha-de-va-RIM a-SHER di-BER el-ha-ME-lekh va-ye-sa-pe-RUM la-a-vi-HEM
Exegesis
The second object et-had-devarim {אֶת־הַדְּבָרִים | ʾet haddəḇārîm} ‘the words’ is linked by asher² {אֲשֶׁר | ăšer} to the verb diber {דִּבֵּר | dibbēr} ‘he spoke’ and prepositional phrase el-hamelech {אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ | ʾel hammēleḵ} ‘to the king’.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“word, matter”
In context — 1 Kings 13:11
Now there was a certain old prophet sitting in Bethel, and his sons came and recounted to him all that the man of God had done that day in Bethel, including the words that he had spoken to the king. Then they reported it all to their father .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:11:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Kings 13:11, so the Hebrew word דִּבֶּ֣ר (diber) 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 Kgs.13.11.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.11.W16.S1) and character.