2 Samuel 14:15:132 Sam.14.15.W13TAB
אֲדַבְּרָה־נָּ֣א
adaberana
“let me speak, please”
- Transliteration
- a-da-be-RA-na
- Extended
- ah-dah-beh-RAA-naa
- IPA
- /ʔădab.bəˈraːnːaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- let me speak, please
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-da-be-RA-na
- phraseyour reading level
a-da-be-RA-na el-ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-TO-mer shif-kha-TE-kha a-da-be-RA-na el-ha-ME-lekh u-LAI ya-a-SE ha-ME-lekh et-de-VAR a-ma-TO
- sentence
ve-a-TA a-sher-ba-TI le-da-BER el-ha-ME-lekh a-do-NI et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE KI ye-re-U-ni ha-AM va-TO-mer shif-kha-TE-kha a-da-be-RA-na el-ha-ME-lekh u-LAI ya-a-SE ha-ME-lekh et-de-VAR a-ma-TO
Exegesis
The piel cohortative adabberah-na {אֲדַבְּרָה־נָּ֣א | ʾă-dab-be-rāh-nāʾ} ‘let me speak, please’ shows polite entreaty.
Root and etymology
d-b-r
“to speak”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:15
And now that I have come to speak to the king, my lord, about this matter because the people have made me afraid. And your maidservant said, “Let me speak, please, to the king; perhaps he will grant the petition of his maidservant.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:15:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 14:15, so the Hebrew word אֲדַבְּרָה־נָּ֣א (adaberana) 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.14.15.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.15.W13.S1) and character.