2 Chronicles 18:15:92 Chr.18.15.W9TAB
לֹֽא־תְדַבֵּ֥ר
lotedaber
“you will not speak”
- Transliteration
- lo-te-da-BER
- Extended
- loh-teh-dah-BEER
- IPA
- /loː.tə.dabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- you will not speak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
lo-te-da-BER
- phraseyour reading level
lo-te-da-BER e-LAI
- clause
a-SHER lo-te-da-BER e-LAI rak-e-MET be-SHEM ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV ha-ME-lekh ad-ka-ME pe-a-MIM a-NI mash-bi-E-kha a-SHER lo-te-da-BER e-LAI rak-e-MET be-SHEM ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The relative particle ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} introduces the content clause led by the negated Piel imperfect lo-tedabber {לֹא־תְדַבֵּר | lōʾ tēḏabber} ‘you will not speak,’ qualified by the adverb raq-emet {רַק־אֱמֶת | raqqeʾmet} ‘only truth.’
Root and etymology
“to speak, word”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:15
And the king said to him, “How many times must I put you under oath to speak only the truth to me in the name of the LORD ?”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:15:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Chronicles 18:15, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־תְדַבֵּ֥ר (lotedaber) 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.18.15.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.15.W9.S1) and character.