1 Samuel 18:1:31 Sam.18.1.W3TAB
לְדַבֵּ֣ר
ledabber
“to speak”
- Transliteration
- le-dab-BER
- Extended
- leh-dahb-BEER
- IPA
- /ləðabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to speak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-dab-BER
- phraseyour reading level
le-dab-BER el-sha-UL
- clause
va-ye-HI ke-khal-lo-TO le-dab-BER el-sha-UL ve-NE-fesh ye-ho-na-TAN nik-she-RA be-NE-fesh da-VID
- sentence
va-ye-HI ke-khal-lo-TO le-dab-BER el-sha-UL ve-NE-fesh ye-ho-na-TAN nik-she-RA be-NE-fesh da-VID vi-a-ha-VU va-ye-e-ha-VE-hu ye-ho-na-TAN ke-naf-SHO
Exegesis
The temporal infinitive construct kekalloto {כְּכַלֹּתוֹ | kə-ḵal-lō-tō} with ledabber {לְדַבֵּר | lə-ḏab-bēr} ‘to speak’ situates the timing of David’s conversation with Saul.
Root and etymology
Rootd-b-r
“word; matter”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:1
And it happened that when he finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 18:1, so the Hebrew word לְדַבֵּ֣ר (ledabber) 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.18.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.1.W3.S1) and character.