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

Result
לְ + דַ + בֵּ֗ר
le + da + ber
ledaber

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Daletd as in door
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-da-BER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-HI ke-kha-LO-to le-da-BER

  3. 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

  4. 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 context2 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.