1 Samuel 14:19:31 Sam.14.19.W3TAB
דִּבֶּ֤ר
diber
“spoke”
- Transliteration
- di-BER
- Extended
- dih-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
di-BER
- phraseyour reading level
AD di-BER sha-UL
- clause
va-ye-HI AD di-BER sha-UL el-ha-ko-HEN ve-he-ha-MON a-SHER be-ma-kha-NE pe-lish-TIM va-YE-lekh ha-LOKH va-RAV
- sentence
va-ye-HI AD di-BER sha-UL el-ha-ko-HEN ve-he-ha-MON a-SHER be-ma-kha-NE pe-lish-TIM va-YE-lekh ha-LOKH va-RAV va-YO-mer sha-UL el-ha-ko-HEN e-SOF ya-DE-kha
Exegesis
The temporal clause ad dibber Shaul el hakohen {עַד דִּבֶּר שָׁאוּל אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן | ʿǎd dibbēr šā’ûl ʾel hakkōhên} ‘while Saul spoke to the priest’ sets a background scene.
Root and etymology
RootDalet, Bet, Resh
“word, matter”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:19
And it happened while Saul was speaking to the priest , that the tumult in the camp of the Philistines continued and increased; so Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand” .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:19:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 14:19, so the Hebrew word דִּבֶּ֤ר (diber) 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 Sam.14.19.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.19.W3.S1) and character.