2 Samuel 14:15:32 Sam.14.15.W3TAB
לְדַבֵּ֨ר
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
le-da-BER el-ha-ME-lekh a-do-NI
- clause
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
- 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 relative clause introduced by asher-bāti {אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֜אתִי | ʾă-šer-bā-ṯî} ‘that I have come’ employs a qal perfect to foreground arrival, followed by the infinitive purpose phrase ledabber {לְדַבֵּ֨ר | le-dab-bēr} ‘to speak’.
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 14:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 14:15, so the Hebrew word לְדַבֵּ֨ר (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.14.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.15.W3.S1) and character.