1 Kings 13:27:11 Kgs.13.27.W1TAB
וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר
vayedabbeer
“he spoke”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-dab-BEER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-dah-BEER
- IPA
- /vaj.jə.dabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- he 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-dab-BEER
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-dab-BEER el-ba-NA-v
- clause
va-ye-dab-BEER el-ba-NA-v leh-MOR khiv-SHOO-lee et-ha-kha-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-dab-BEER el-ba-NA-v leh-MOR khiv-SHOO-lee et-ha-kha-MOR va-ya-kha-vo-SHOO
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayedabber {וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר | vayəḏabbēr} ‘and he spoke,’ introducing direct discourse, followed by the infinitive construct lemor {לֵאמֹר | leʾmôr} ‘saying.’
Root and etymology
d-b-r
“to speak, declare”
In context — 1 Kings 13:27
And he said to his sons , “Saddle the donkey for me,” and they saddled it.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 13:27, so the Hebrew word וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר (vayedabbeer) 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.13.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.27.W1.S1) and character.