1 Samuel 17:23:151 Sam.17.23.W15TAB
וַיְדַבֵּ֖ר
vayedaber
“and he spoke”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-da-BER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-dah-BEER
- IPA
- /vaj.ədaˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he spoke
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-da-BER
- clause
ve-HU me-da-BER i-MAM ve-hi-NE ISH ha-be-NA-yim o-LE gal-YAT ha-pe-li-shi-TI she-MO mi-GAT me-me-a-ROT mi-ma-ar-KHOT pe-li-shi-TIM va-ye-da-BER kad-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
- sentence
ve-HU me-da-BER i-MAM ve-hi-NE ISH ha-be-NA-yim o-LE gal-YAT ha-pe-li-shi-TI she-MO mi-GAT me-me-a-ROT mi-ma-ar-KHOT pe-li-shi-TIM va-ye-da-BER kad-de-va-RIM ha-E-le va-yish-MA da-VID
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive Piel vayedabber {וַיְדַבֵּר | way-ya-ḏḏēr} ‘and he spoke’ resumes the action, and the comparative phrase kaddevarim haeleh {כַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה | kaḏ-də-ḇā-rîm hā-’el-leh} ‘the same words’ indicates repetition of his taunt.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–bet–resh
“word, matter”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:23
While he was speaking with them, the champion emerged—Goliath the Philistine from Gath—from the ranks of the Philistines; he spoke the same words , and David heard.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:23:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Samuel 17:23, so the Hebrew word וַיְדַבֵּ֖ר (vayedaber) 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.17.23.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.23.W15.S1) and character.