1 Kings 16:12:91 Kgs.16.12.W9TAB
דִּבֶּ֣ר
dibber
“he spoke”
- Transliteration
- dib-BER
- Extended
- dihb-BEHR
- IPA
- /dibˈber/
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
dib-BER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER dib-BER el-ba-sha
- clause
kid-VAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER dib-BER el-ba-sha be-YAD ye-HU ha-na-VI
- sentence
va-yash-MED zim-RI ET kol-BET ba-sha kid-VAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER dib-BER el-ba-sha be-YAD ye-HU ha-na-VI
Exegesis
The phrase kidvar YHWH {כִּדְבַר יְהוָה | kid·var Yəhôwâ} ‘according to the word of the LORD’ functions causally, with asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} linking to dibber {דִּבֶּר | dib·ber} ‘he spoke’.
Root and etymology
dalet–bet–reshd-b-r
“word, matter”
In context — 1 Kings 16:12
So Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, in keeping with the word of the LORD that He had spoken to Baasha through Jehu the prophet .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:12:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 16:12, so the Hebrew word דִּבֶּ֣ר (dibber) 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.16.12.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.12.W9.S1) and character.