2 Samuel 19:11:82 Sam.19.11.W8TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:12
דַּבְּר֞וּ
dabberu
“speak”
- Transliteration
- dab-be-RU
- Extended
- dahb-beh-ROO
- IPA
- /dab.bəˈruː/
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
dab-be-RU
- clause
dab-be-RU el-zik-NE ye-hu-DA le-MOR LAM-ma tih-yu a-kha-ro-NIM le-ha-SHIV et-ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
ve-ha-ME-lekh da-VID sha-LAKH el-tsa-DOK ve-el-e-vya-TAR ha-ko-ha-NIM le-MOR dab-be-RU el-zik-NE ye-hu-DA le-MOR LAM-ma tih-yu a-kha-ro-NIM le-ha-SHIV et-ha-ME-lekh el-BE-to u-de-VAR kol-yis-ra-EL BA el-ha-ME-lekh el-BE-to
Exegesis
In dabberu el-ziknei yehudah {דַּבֵּרוּ אֶל־זִקְנֵי יְהוּדָה | da·bēr·rū ʾél-ziq·nē yə·hū·dāh}, the Piel imperative directs the priests to address Judah’s elders.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“word”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:11
And David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar, the priests, saying, “Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, ‘Why are you the last ones to bring back the king to his house? For the word of all Israel has come to the king, to his house.’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 19:11, so the Hebrew word דַּבְּר֞וּ (dabberu) 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.19.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.11.W8.S1) and character.