2 Samuel 14:18:152 Sam.14.18.W15TAB
יְדַבֶּר־נָ֖א
yedaberna
“let speak, please”
- Transliteration
- ye-da-BER-NA
- Extended
- yeh-dah-BEHR-NAA
- IPA
- /jəðabˈbɛrˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- let speak, please
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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
ye-da-BER-NA
- clause
va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA ye-da-BER-NA a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-YA-an ha-ME-lekh va-YO-mer el-ha-i-SHA al-NA te-kha-kha-DI mi-ME-ni da-VAR a-SHER a-no-KHI sho-EL o-TAKH va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA ye-da-BER-NA a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The response uses wattōmer hā’îšâ {וַתֹּאמֶר הָאִשָּׁה | wattōmer hā’îšâ} ‘and the woman said’ plus yedabber-nā ’ădonî hammeleḵ {יְדַבֶּר־נָא אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ | ye-dabber-nā ’ă-do-nî ham-mē-leḵ} ‘let my lord the king speak, please’, mirroring the entreaty structure. The parallel vav-consecutive verbs frame a respectful dialogue with structural symmetry.
Root and etymology
דברdalet–bet–resh
“speak, declare, matter”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:18
And the king answered and said to the woman, “Please do not hide from me anything that I am asking you.” And the woman said, “Let my lord the king speak, please.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:18:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Samuel 14:18, so the Hebrew word יְדַבֶּר־נָ֖א (yedaberna) 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.14.18.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.18.W15.S1) and character.