2 Kings 18:27:92 Kgs.18.27.W9TAB
לְדַבֵּ֖ר
ledabber
“to speak”
- Transliteration
- le-dab-BER
- Extended
- leh-dahb-BEER
- IPA
- /ləðabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to speak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
le-dab-BER
- clause
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM rav-sha-KE HA-al a-do-NE-kha ve-e-LE-kha she-la-KHA-ni a-do-NI le-dab-BER et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM rav-sha-KE HA-al a-do-NE-kha ve-e-LE-kha she-la-KHA-ni a-do-NI le-dab-BER et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le ha-LO al-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-yo-she-VIM al-ha-kho-MA le-e-KHOL ET kha-re-HEM tso-a-TAM ve-lish-TOT et-shi-ne-HEM mi-ME rag-le-HEM im-ma-KHEM
Root and etymology
d-b-rd-b-r
“word, speak”
In context — 2 Kings 18:27
And Rabshakeh said to them, “Did my master send me to your master and to you alone to speak these words, and not also to the men sitting on the wall —who will eat their own dung and drink the water of their feet with you?”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:27:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 18:27, so the Hebrew word לְדַבֵּ֖ר (ledabber) 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.18.27.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.27.W9.S1) and character.