1 Kings 20:11:41 Kgs.20.11.W4TAB
דַּבְּר֔וּ
daberu
“speak you {plural}, or say”
- Transliteration
- da-be-RU
- Extended
- dah-beh-RUU
- IPA
- /dab.bəˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- speak you {plural}, or say
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
da-be-RU
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer da-be-RU
- sentence
va-YA-an ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL va-YO-mer da-be-RU al-yit-ha-LEL kho-GER kim-fa-TE-akh
Exegesis
The Piel imperative dab·bĕ·rû {דַּבְּרוּ | dab·bĕ·rû} commands the envoys, and the prohibitive particle al {אַל | al} precedes the Hitpael imperfect yit·hal·lēl {יִתְהַלֵּ֥ל | yit·hal·lēl} ‘let him boast’, creating a jussive prohibition.
Root and etymology
ד-ב-ר
“to speak”
In context — 1 Kings 20:11
And the king of Israel answered and said, “Say, ‘Let not the one who girds on boast like the one who loosens it .’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 20:11, so the Hebrew word דַּבְּר֔וּ (daberu) 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.20.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.11.W4.S1) and character.