2 Chronicles 12:15:12 Chr.12.15.W1TAB

וְדִבְרֵ֣י

vedivre

and the acts of

Transliteration
ve-div-RE
Extended
veh-div-REH
IPA
/vəḏivˈreː/

Meaning by language

English
and the acts of

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + דִבְ + רֵ֣י
ve + div + re
vedivre

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Daletd as in door
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-div-RE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-div-RE re-kha-VA-am

  3. clause

    ve-div-RE re-kha-VA-am ha-ri-sho-NIM ve-ha-a-kha-ro-NIM ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM be-div-RE she-ma-ya ha-na-VI ve-id-DO ha-kho-ZE le-hit-ya-KHES

  4. sentence

    ve-div-RE re-kha-VA-am ha-ri-sho-NIM ve-ha-a-kha-ro-NIM ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM be-div-RE she-ma-ya ha-na-VI ve-id-DO ha-kho-ZE le-hit-ya-KHES u-mil-kha-MOT re-kha-VA-am ve-ya-ra-VA-am KAL-ha-ya-MIM

Exegesis

The verse opens with the vav-consecutive clause vedivrei {וְדִבְרֵי | wə-dib-rê} ‘and the words’, introducing the topic of royal records.

Root and etymology

d-b-r

word, matter

In context2 Chronicles 12:15

And the words of Rehoboam, the first and the last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the prophet and Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And the wars of Rehoboam and Jeroboam continued throughout their days.

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 12:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 12:15, so the Hebrew word וְדִבְרֵ֣י (vedivre) 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 2 Chr.12.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.15.W1.S1) and character.