2 Kings 18:26:132 Kgs.18.26.W13TAB
וְאַל־תְּדַבֵּ֤ר
vealtedaber
“and do not speak”
- Transliteration
- ve-al-te-da-BER
- Extended
- veh-ahl-teh-dah-BEER
- IPA
- /wəʔal.təðabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and do not speak
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-al-te-da-BER
- phraseyour reading level
ve-al-te-da-BER im-MA-nu
- clause
ve-al-te-da-BER im-MA-nu ye-hu-DIT be-oz-NE ha-AM a-SHER al-ha-kho-MA
- sentence
va-YO-mer el-ya-KIM ben-khil-ki-YA-hu ve-shev-NA ve-yo-AKH el-rav-sha-KE da-BER-na el-a-va-DE-kha a-ra-MIT KI sho-me-IM a-NA-khnu ve-al-te-da-BER im-MA-nu ye-hu-DIT be-oz-NE ha-AM a-SHER al-ha-kho-MA
Exegesis
The prohibition ve-al tedabber immanu {וְאַל־תְּדַבֵּר עִמָּנוּ | wə-ʾal tə-dab-bēr ʿim-mā-nû} followed by the prepositional phrase be-oznei ha-am asher al-hachomah {בְּאָזְנֵי הָעָם אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַחֹמָה | bə-ʾōz-ney hā-ʿām ʾă-šer ʿal-hā-ḥō-māh} (‘in the ears of the people on the wall’) underscores concern for eavesdropping. The structure preserves Hebrew clause order of request, rationale, and prohibition while clarifying diplomatic strategy.
Root and etymology
d-b-rd-b-r
“word, speak”
In context — 2 Kings 18:26
Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to Rabshakeh , “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic , for we understand it, and do not speak to us in Judean in the hearing of the people on the wall.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:26:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 18:26, so the Hebrew word וְאַל־תְּדַבֵּ֤ר (vealtedaber) 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.18.26.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.26.W13.S1) and character.