1 Kings 16:34:181 Kgs.16.34.W18TAB
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
ba-a-vi-RAM be-kho-RO yis-se-DA u-ve-she-GIV u-vis-ge-UV tse-i-RO hi-tsi-UV de-la-TE-ha ki-de-VAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER be-YAD ye-ho-SHU-a bin-NUN
- sentence
be-ya-MAV ba-NA khi-e-EL BET ha-e-LI et-ye-ri-KHO ba-a-vi-RAM be-kho-RO yis-se-DA u-ve-she-GIV u-vis-ge-UV tse-i-RO hi-tsi-UV de-la-TE-ha ki-de-VAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER be-YAD ye-ho-SHU-a bin-NUN
Exegesis
The phrase kidvar YHWH {כִּדְבַר יְהוָה | ki-ḏə-vār yə-hō-wāh} introduces a divine decree, and the relative clause asher dibber beyad yehoshua {אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר בְּיַד יְהוֹשֻׁעַ | ’ă-šer dib-ber bə-yaḏ yə-hō-šu-‘ā} attributes prophetic agency to Joshua. English word order is adjusted for readability while preserving theological nuance.
Root and etymology
d-b-rDalet–Bet–Resh
“word, matter”
In context — 1 Kings 16:34
In his days, Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn, he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest, he set up its gates, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke by the hand of Joshua son of Nun.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:34:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Kings 16:34, 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.16.34.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.34.W18.S1) and character.