2 Kings 17:23:82 Kgs.17.23.W8TAB
דִּבֶּ֔ר
dibber
“he spoke”
- Transliteration
- dib-BER
- Extended
- dihb-BEHR
- IPA
- /dibˈbɛr/
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
ka-a-SHER dib-BER
- clause
AD a-SHER-he-SIR Ye-ho-VAH et-yis-ra-EL me-AL pa-NAV ka-a-SHER dib-BER be-YAD kal-a-va-DAV han-ne-vi-IM
- sentence
AD a-SHER-he-SIR Ye-ho-VAH et-yis-ra-EL me-AL pa-NAV ka-a-SHER dib-BER be-YAD kal-a-va-DAV han-ne-vi-IM va-yi-GEL yis-ra-EL me-AL ad-ma-TO a-shu-RA ad ha-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The conjunction ka-asher {כַּאֲשֶׁר | ka-ʿă-sher} ‘just as’ introduces the prophetic clause with the Piel perfect dibber {דִּבֶּר | dibber} ‘spoke/warned’ by-yad {בְּיַד | bə-yāḏ} ‘by the hand of’ all His servants the prophets.
Root and etymology
Rootd-b-r
“to speak”
In context — 2 Kings 17:23
Until the LORD removed Israel from His presence, just as He spoke by the hand of all His servants the prophets , and exiled Israel from His land to Assyria, until this day.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:23:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 17:23, so the Hebrew word דִּבֶּ֔ר (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 2 Kgs.17.23.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.23.W8.S1) and character.