2 Kings 21:10:12 Kgs.21.10.W1TAB
וַיְדַבֵּ֧ר
vayedaber
“and spoke”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-da-BER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-dah-BEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.jəðabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and spoke
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
va-ye-da-BER
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-da-BER ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER ye-ho-VAH be-YAD-a-va-DAV han-ne-vi-IM le-MOR
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive marker vayedabber {וַיְדַבֵּ֧ר | wayyədabber} ‘and He spoke’, situating the statement within the ongoing narrative.
Root and etymology
Rootd-b-r
“to speak”
In context — 2 Kings 21:10
And the LORD spoke by the hand of His servants the prophets , saying
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 21:10, so the Hebrew word וַיְדַבֵּ֧ר (vayedaber) 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.21.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.10.W1.S1) and character.