1 Samuel 15:16:91 Sam.15.16.W9TAB
דִּבֶּ֧ר
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
ET a-SHER di-BER ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-MER she-mu-EL el-sha-UL HE-ref ve-a-gi-DA le-KHA ET a-SHER di-BER ye-ho-VAH e-LAI ha-LAI-la
- sentence
va-yo-MER she-mu-EL el-sha-UL HE-ref ve-a-gi-DA le-KHA ET a-SHER di-BER ye-ho-VAH e-LAI ha-LAI-la va-yo-MER LO da-BER
Exegesis
The sequence dibber YHWH elay halailah {דִּבֶּ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה אֵלַ֖י הַלָּ֑יְלָה | dîbber Yə-hō-wāh ʼelāy hal-lāylāh} situates the revelation in a nocturnal temporal context.
The final vav-consecutive vayomer leads into the Piel imperative dabber {דַּבֵּֽר | dabber}, granting Saul permission to speak. This clause structure preserves Hebrew verb moods and word order to maintain narrative immediacy.
Root and etymology
Rootd-b-r
“to speak”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:16
And Samuel said to Saul, "Cease and let me tell you what the LORD spoke to me last night." And he said to him, "Speak."
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 15:16, so the Hebrew word דִּבֶּ֧ר (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.15.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.16.W9.S1) and character.