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
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-div-RE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-div-RE re-kha-VA-am
- 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
- 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 context — 2 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.