1 Kings 16:20:21 Kgs.16.20.W2TAB
דִּבְרֵ֣י
divre
“the acts of”
- Transliteration
- div-RE
- Extended
- dihv-REH
- IPA
- /diˈv̚reː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the acts of
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
div-RE
- phraseyour reading level
div-RE zim-RI
- clause
ve-YE-ter div-RE zim-RI ve-kish-RO a-SHER ka-SHAR
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE zim-RI ve-kish-RO a-SHER ka-SHAR ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The construct phrase divrei Zimri {דִּבְרֵי זִמְרִי | diḇ-rê zim-rî} ‘words of Zimri’ identifies the subject.
The phrase al sefer divrei hayyamim le-malke Yisrael {עַל סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʿal sê-per diḇ-rê ha-yā-mîm lə-mal-ḵê yis-rā-ʾēl} ‘in the book of the words of the days for the kings of Israel’ functions as a formal historiographical citation.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–bet–resh
“word, matter, event”
In context — 1 Kings 16:20
The other matters concerning Zimri—his deeds and the conspiracy he carried out—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 16:20, so the Hebrew word דִּבְרֵ֣י (divre) 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.16.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.20.W2.S1) and character.