1 Kings 14:18:81 Kgs.14.18.W8TAB
דִּבֶּ֔ר
diber
“he spoke”
- Transliteration
- di-BER
- Extended
- dih-BEHR
- IPA
- /dibˈbɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- he 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
a-SHER di-BER
- clause
ki-de-VAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER be-YAD-av-do a-khi-YA-hu ha-na-VI
- sentence
va-yik-be-RU O-to va-yis-pe-DU-lo KAL-yis-ra-EL ki-de-VAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER be-YAD-av-do a-khi-YA-hu ha-na-VI
Exegesis
The prepositional construct kidvar YHWH {כִּדְבַר יְהוָה | kī-dəbar Yəhōwāh} ‘according to the word of the LORD’ introduces divine causation, which is specified by the relative clause asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘which’ + diber {דִּבֶּר | dībber} ‘He spoke’.
Root and etymology
d-b-r
“word, statement”
In context — 1 Kings 14:18
And they buried him, and all Israel mourned for him according to the word of the LORD which He spoke by the hand of His servant Ahijah the prophet .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 14:18, so the Hebrew word דִּבֶּ֔ר (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.14.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.18.W8.S1) and character.