1 Kings 13:12:11 Kgs.13.12.W1TAB
וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר
said
“said”
- Transliteration
- SAID
- Extended
- SAID
- IPA
- /vaj.jə.dabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- said
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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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The word
Word in context
- word
SAID
- phraseyour reading level
SAID a-le-HEM
- clause
SAID a-le-HEM a-VEE-HEM EH-ZEH ha-DE-rekh ha-LAKH
- sentence
SAID a-le-HEM a-VEE-HEM EH-ZEH ha-DE-rekh ha-LAKH va-yir-OO ba-NAV et-ha-DE-rekh a-SHER ha-LAKH EESH ha-e-lo-HIM a-sher-BA mi-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayedabber {וַיְדַבֵּר | way-ye-ḏē-ber} ‘and he spoke’, introducing direct speech.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“to speak”
In context — 1 Kings 13:12
And their father spoke to them, “Which is the way he went?” And his sons showed the way that the man of God who came from Judah went.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 13:12, so the Hebrew word וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר (said) 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.13.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.12.W1.S1) and character.