1 Kings 17:16:121 Kgs.17.16.W12TAB
דִּבֶּ֖ר
dibber
“he spoke”
- Transliteration
- dib-BER
- Extended
- dihb-BEHR
- IPA
- /dibˈbeːr/
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
- clause
kid-VAR Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER dib-BER be-YAD e-li-YA-hu
- sentence
KAD ha-KE-makh LO kha-la-TA ve-tsap-PA-khat ha-SHE-men LO kha-SER kid-VAR Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER dib-BER be-YAD e-li-YA-hu
Exegesis
The relative clause asher dibber beyad Eliyahu {אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֶּ֖ר בְּיַ֥ד אֵלִיָּֽהוּ} “which He spoke by the hand of Elijah” attributes the proclamation to the prophet’s mediation. English preserves Hebrew parataxis, linking two main clauses then a subordinate clause, thereby highlighting the fulfillment of prophecy without explicit conjunctions.
Root and etymology
d-b-r
“word”
In context — 1 Kings 17:16
The jar of flour was not consumed, and the jug of oil did not run out according to the word of the LORD which He spoke by the hand of Elijah .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:16:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 17:16, so the Hebrew word דִּבֶּ֖ר (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.17.16.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.16.W12.S1) and character.