1 Kings 13:26:221 Kgs.13.26.W22TAB
דִּבֶּר־לֽוֹ׃
dibberlo
“spoke to him”
- Transliteration
- dib-BER-LO
- Extended
- dihb-BEHR-loh
- IPA
- /dibˈbɛr.loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- spoke to him
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
dib-BER-LO
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER dib-BER-LO
- clause
va-yit-te-NE-hu ye-ho-VAH la-ar-YE va-yish-be-RE-HU va-ye-mi-TE-HU kid-VAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER dib-BER-LO
- sentence
va-yish-MA ha-na-VI a-SHER he-shi-VO min-ha-DE-rekh va-yo-MER ISH ha-e-lo-HIM HU a-SHER ma-RA et-PI ye-ho-VAH va-yit-te-NE-hu ye-ho-VAH la-ar-YE va-yish-be-RE-HU va-ye-mi-TE-HU kid-VAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER dib-BER-LO
Exegesis
The concluding clause kidvar YHWH asher diber-lo {כִּדְבַר יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר־לֽוֹ | kîdᵉḇār Yəhōwāh ʾăšer dibber-lô} ‘according to the word of the LORD which He spoke to him’ frames fulfillment of divine decree. The Hebrew VSO structure is rendered in natural English SVO order to preserve readability while maintaining the sequence of theological motifs.
Root and etymology
d-b-r
“to speak, declare”
In context — 1 Kings 13:26
When the prophet who had brought him back from the way heard it, he said, “It is the man of God who rebelled against the mouth of the LORD . So the LORD gave him over to the lion, and the lion mauled him and killed him, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke to him.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:26:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of 1 Kings 13:26, so the Hebrew word דִּבֶּר־לֽוֹ׃ (dibberlo) 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.13.26.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.26.W22.S1) and character.