2 Samuel 13:36:32 Sam.13.36.W3TAB
לְדַבֵּ֗ר
ledaber
“to speak”
- Transliteration
- le-da-BER
- Extended
- leh-dah-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-da-BER
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ke-kha-LO-to le-da-BER
- clause
va-ye-HI ke-kha-LO-to le-da-BER ve-hin-NE ve-NE-ha-ME-lekh BA-u va-yis-E-u ko-LAM va-yiv-KU
- sentence
va-ye-HI ke-kha-LO-to le-da-BER ve-hin-NE ve-NE-ha-ME-lekh BA-u va-yis-E-u ko-LAM va-yiv-KU ve-gam-ha-ME-lekh ve-khol-a-va-DAV BA-khu be-KHI ga-DOL me-OD
Exegesis
The temporal clause kechalloto ledabber {כְּכַלֹּתֹו לְדַבֵּר | kəḵallôtô lə-ḏabber} expresses “when he finished speaking.”
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“word, matter”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:36
And it happened as he finished speaking, behold, the sons of the king came, and they lifted their voices and wept. The king and all his servants also wept with very great weeping .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:36:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 13:36, so the Hebrew word לְדַבֵּ֗ר (ledaber) 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.13.36.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.36.W3.S1) and character.