1 Kings 21:4:71 Kgs.21.4.W7TAB
אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֣ר
asherdiber
“which he spoke”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-di-BER
- Extended
- ah-shehr-dih-BEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăʃɛr.dibˈbɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which he spoke
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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
a-sher-di-BER
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-di-BER e-LAV
- clause
va-BO akh-AV el-BE-to SAR ve-za-EF al-ha-da-VAR a-sher-di-BER e-LAV na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI va-YO-mer lo-e-TEN le-KHA et-na-kha-LAT a-vo-TAI
- sentence
va-BO akh-AV el-BE-to SAR ve-za-EF al-ha-da-VAR a-sher-di-BER e-LAV na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI va-YO-mer lo-e-TEN le-KHA et-na-kha-LAT a-vo-TAI va-yish-KAV al-mi-TA-to va-ya-SEV et-pa-NAV ve-lo-A-khal LA-khem
Exegesis
The participles sar {סַ֣ר | sā́r} “sullen” and vezaef {וְזָעֵ֗ף | və-zaʿēp̄} “angry” introduce his emotional state in the phrase al-haddavar {עַל־הַדָּבָר֙ | ʿal-haddāḇār} “over the word” that Naboth {נָבוֹת֙ | Nāḇōṯ} delivered with diber {דִּבֶּ֣ר | dibber} + elav {אֵלָ֗יו | ʾēlāyw} “he spoke to him.”
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — 1 Kings 21:4
Ahab returned to his house sullen and angry over the word that Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him when he said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers .” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and did not eat bread .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 21:4, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֣ר (asherdiber) 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.21.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.4.W7.S1) and character.