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

Result
דִּ + בֶּ֤ר
di + ber
diber

Alphabet Analysis

Daletd as in door
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    di-BER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    AD di-BER sha-UL

  3. 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

  4. 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 context1 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.