וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר

   va-ye-da-BER

   and he spoke
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלֶ֗יהָ

   va-ye-da-BER e-LE-ha

   and he spoke to her
3. clause🔊 וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלֶ֗יהָ כִּֽי־אֲ֠דַבֵּר אֶל־נָב֨וֹת הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִ֜י וָאֹ֣מַר ל֗וֹ תְּנָה־לִּ֤י אֶֽת־כַּרְמְךָ֙ בְּכֶ֔סֶף א֚וֹ אִם־חָפֵ֣ץ אַתָּ֔ה אֶתְּנָה־לְךָ֥ כֶ֖רֶם תַּחְתָּ֑יו

   va-ye-da-BER e-LE-ha ki-a-da-BER el-na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI va-o-MAR LO te-NA-LI et-kar-me-KHA be-KHE-sef O im-kha-FETS a-TA et-te-NA-le-KHA KHE-rem takh-TAV

   and he spoke to her that I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and I said to him give to me {direct object} your vineyard for money or if he desires you I will give to you a vineyard in place of it
4. sentence🔊 וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלֶ֗יהָ כִּֽי־אֲ֠דַבֵּר אֶל־נָב֨וֹת הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִ֜י וָאֹ֣מַר ל֗וֹ תְּנָה־לִּ֤י אֶֽת־כַּרְמְךָ֙ בְּכֶ֔סֶף א֚וֹ אִם־חָפֵ֣ץ אַתָּ֔ה אֶתְּנָה־לְךָ֥ כֶ֖רֶם תַּחְתָּ֑יו וַיֹּ֕אמֶר לֹֽא־אֶתֵּ֥ן לְךָ֖ אֶת־כַּרְמִֽי׃

   va-ye-da-BER e-LE-ha ki-a-da-BER el-na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI va-o-MAR LO te-NA-LI et-kar-me-KHA be-KHE-sef O im-kha-FETS a-TA et-te-NA-le-KHA KHE-rem takh-TAV va-yo-MER lo-et-TEN le-KHA et-kar-MI

   and he spoke to her that I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and I said to him give to me {direct object} your vineyard for money or if he desires you I will give to you a vineyard in place of it and he said not will I give to you {direct object} my vineyard

Exegesis

The verse opens with the narrative verb vayedabber {וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר | wayyəḏabber} ‘and he spoke’, framing a direct address to Jezebel via eleiha {אֵלֶ֗יהָ | ʾêlê-hā} ‘to her’.

Root and etymology

d-b-r🔊 ד־ב־רdalet–bet–resh

“to speak, declare”

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