2 Kings 20:9:122 Kgs.20.9.W12TAB
דִּבֵּ֑ר
diber
“he spoke”
- Transliteration
- di-BER
- Extended
- dih-BEER
- IPA
- /dibˈbeːr/
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
di-BER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER di-BER
- clause
va-YO-mer ye-sha-YA-hu ze-le-KHA ha-OT me-ET ye-ho-VAH KI ya-a-SE ye-ho-VAH et-ha-da-VAR a-SHER di-BER
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-sha-YA-hu ze-le-KHA ha-OT me-ET ye-ho-VAH KI ya-a-SE ye-ho-VAH et-ha-da-VAR a-SHER di-BER ha-LAKH ha-TSEL E-ser ma-a-LOT im-ya-SHUV E-ser ma-a-LOT
Exegesis
The conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} introduces the clause in which YHWH yaʻăśeh {יַעֲשֶׂה | yaʻăśeh} ‘the LORD will do’ pairs with haddāḇār {הַדָּבָר | haddāḇār} ‘the thing’ affirmed by the perfect dibbēr {דִּבֵּר | dibbēr} ‘he has spoken’.
Root and etymology
dalet-bet-reshdalet–bet–resh
“word, matter”
In context — 2 Kings 20:9
Isaiah replied, “This will be your sign from the LORD that the LORD will carry out the thing he has said: should the shadow advance ten steps, or should it go back ten steps?”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:9:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 20:9, so the Hebrew word דִּבֵּ֑ר (diber) 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.20.9.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.9.W12.S1) and character.