1 Kings 14:5:161 Kgs.14.5.W16TAB
תְּדַבֵּ֣ר
tedabber
“you shall speak”
- Transliteration
- te-dab-BER
- Extended
- teh-dahb-BEER
- IPA
- /təðabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall speak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
te-dab-BER
- phraseyour reading level
te-dab-BER e-LE-ha
- clause
va-ye-ho-VAH a-MAR el-a-khi-YA-hu hin-NE E-shet ya-rav-AM ba-A lid-ROSH da-VAR me-im-ME-kha el-be-NA ki-kho-LE HU ka-ZO ve-kha-ZE te-dab-BER e-LE-ha
- sentence
va-ye-ho-VAH a-MAR el-a-khi-YA-hu hin-NE E-shet ya-rav-AM ba-A lid-ROSH da-VAR me-im-ME-kha el-be-NA ki-kho-LE HU ka-ZO ve-kha-ZE te-dab-BER e-LE-ha vi-ye-HI khe-vo-A ve-hi mit-na-ke-RA
Exegesis
The idiom kazoh vekazeh {כָּזֹ֥ה וְכָזֶ֖ה | kāzōh • wə-kāzēh} ‘thus and thus’ stands in for the specific response, leading to the directive tedabber eleha {תְּדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלֶ֑יהָ | təḏabbēr • ʾêlēhā}.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“word, matter, thing”
In context — 1 Kings 14:5
The LORD said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to inquire of you about her son, for he is ill; thus and thus you shall say to her. And it shall be, when she comes in, that she will disguise herself.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:5:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Kings 14:5, so the Hebrew word תְּדַבֵּ֣ר (tedabber) 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.14.5.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.5.W16.S1) and character.