1 Kings 21:23:21 Kgs.21.23.W2TAB
דִּבֶּ֥ר
dibber
“spoke”
- Transliteration
- dib-BER
- Extended
- dihb-BEHR
- IPA
- /dibˈbɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
dib-BER ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-GAM-le-e-ZE-vel dib-BER ye-ho-VAH le-MOR
- sentence
ve-GAM-le-e-ZE-vel dib-BER ye-ho-VAH le-MOR ha-ke-la-VIM yo-khe-LU et-e-ZE-vel be-KHEL yiz-re-EL
Exegesis
The verb dîbber {דִּבֶּר | dîbber} introduces an authoritative speech act by YHWH {יְהוָה | Yəhōwâh}.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“to speak, declare”
In context — 1 Kings 21:23
And also concerning Jezebel, the LORD has spoken, saying, “The dogs will eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:23:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 21:23, so the Hebrew word דִּבֶּ֥ר (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.21.23.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.23.W2.S1) and character.