1 Kings 14:11:131 Kgs.14.11.W13TAB
דִּבֵּֽר׃
diber
“has spoken”
- Transliteration
- di-BER
- Extended
- dih-BEER
- IPA
- /dibˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- has spoken
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
di-BER
- clause
KI Ye-ho-VAH di-BER
- sentence
ha-MET le-ya-rav-AM ba-IR yo-khe-LU ha-ke-la-VIM ve-ha-MET ba-sa-DE yo-khe-LU OF ha-sha-ma-YIM KI Ye-ho-VAH di-BER
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} with YHWH {יְהוָה | Yəhō-wāh} in the clause ki YHWH diber {כִּי יְהוָה דִּבֵּר | kî Yəhō-wāh di-bēr} marks divine decree as the source of this prophetic judgment.
Root and etymology
Rootd-b-r
“to speak, declare”
In context — 1 Kings 14:11
The one who dies of Jeroboam in the city will be eaten by the dogs ; and the one who dies in the field will be eaten by the bird of the heavens—for the LORD has spoken.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:11:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 14:11, so the Hebrew word דִּבֵּֽר׃ (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.14.11.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.11.W13.S1) and character.