2 Samuel 17:6:162 Sam.17.6.W16TAB
דַבֵּֽר׃
daber
“speak”
- Transliteration
- da-BER
- Extended
- dah-BEER
- IPA
- /dabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- speak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
da-BER
- phraseyour reading level
a-TA da-BER
- clause
im-A-yin a-TA da-BER
- sentence
va-ya-VO khu-SHAI el-av-sha-LOM va-yo-MER av-sha-LOM e-LAV le-MOR ka-da-VAR ha-ZE di-BER a-khi-TO-fel ha-na-a-SE et-de-va-RO im-A-yin a-TA da-BER
Exegesis
The demonstrative ha-zeh {הַזֶּה | ha-zeh} ‘this’ in kadavar ha-zeh diber {כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה דִּבֶּר | ka-ḏā-ḇar ha-zeh dib-bēr} specifies the counsel under review.
dabber {אִם־אַיִן … דַבֵּר | ʾim-ʾayin … dab-bēr} sets up an alternative and calls for Hushai’s response.
Root and etymology
d-b-r
“word, matter”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:6
And Hushai came to Absalom, and Absalom said to him, “As Ahithophel has spoken this word , shall we act upon it? If not, you speak.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:6:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Samuel 17:6, so the Hebrew word דַבֵּֽר׃ (daber) 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.17.6.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.6.W16.S1) and character.