1 Kings 13:3:91 Kgs.13.3.W9TAB
דִּבֶּ֣ר
diber
“spoke”
- Transliteration
- di-BER
- Extended
- dih-BEHR
- IPA
- /dib.ˈbɛr/
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
di-BER Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-na-TAN ba-YOM ha-HU mo-FET le-MOR ZE ha-mo-FET a-SHER di-BER Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-na-TAN ba-YOM ha-HU mo-FET le-MOR ZE ha-mo-FET a-SHER di-BER Ye-ho-VAH hi-NE ha-miz-BE-akh nik-RA ve-nish-PAKH ha-DE-shen a-SHER-a-LAIV
Exegesis
Leemor {לֵאמֹ֔ר | lē-ʾā-môr} introduces direct speech, and the clause zeh hamofet asher dibber YHWH {זֶה הַמּוֹפֵ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה} ‘this is the sign which the LORD has spoken’ links word and fulfillment.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“word, matter”
In context — 1 Kings 13:3
And he gave a sign on that day, saying, “This is the sign which the LORD has spoken: Behold, the altar will be torn apart, and the ashes on it will be poured out.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 13:3, 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.13.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.3.W9.S1) and character.