2 Samuel 13:22:12 Sam.13.22.W1TAB
וְלֹֽא־דִבֶּ֧ר
velodiber
“and not he spoke”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-di-BER
- Extended
- veh-LOH-dih-BEHR
- IPA
- /wəˈloː.diˈbɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not he spoke
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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
ve-LO-di-BER
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-di-BER av-sha-LOM
- clause
ve-LO-di-BER av-sha-LOM im-AM-non le-me-RA ve-ad-TOV
- sentence
ve-LO-di-BER av-sha-LOM im-AM-non le-me-RA ve-ad-TOV ki-sa-NE av-sha-LOM et-AM-non al-de-VAR a-SHER i-NA ET ta-MAR a-KHO-to
Exegesis
The sentence opens with velo {וְלֹֽא | wə-lōʾ} ‘and not’, negating the verb dibber {דִּבֵּר | dî-bēr} ‘he spoke’ in perfect to indicate a completed non-action.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־רd–b–r
“to speak, declare”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:22
And Absalom did not speak with Amnon either for evil or for good, because Absalom hated Amnon on account of the matter that he had afflicted Tamar his sister.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 13:22, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־דִבֶּ֧ר (velodiber) 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 Sam.13.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.22.W1.S1) and character.