1 Samuel 18:24:81 Sam.18.24.W8TAB
דִּבֶּ֥ר
dibber
“he spoke”
- Transliteration
- dib-BER
- Extended
- dihb-BEHR
- IPA
- /dibˈber/
Meaning by language
- English
- he 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
dib-BER
- phraseyour reading level
dib-BER da-VID
- clause
kad-de-va-RIM ha-E-le dib-BER da-VID
- sentence
va-yag-GI-du av-DE sha-UL LO le-MOR kad-de-va-RIM ha-E-le dib-BER da-VID
Exegesis
The perfect verb diber {דִּבֶּ֥ר | ḏib·bêr} ‘spoke’ indicates completed action by David {דָּוִֽד | Dā·wîḏ}, whose name concludes the report. The structure places the reporting formula before the quoted speech, underscoring the narrator’s framing device.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“word, speak”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:24
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, “David has spoken these words .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:24:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 18:24, so the Hebrew word דִּבֶּ֥ר (dibber) 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.18.24.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.24.W8.S1) and character.