2 Samuel 20:17:122 Sam.20.17.W12TAB
דִּבְרֵ֣י
divre
“words of”
- Transliteration
- div-RE
- Extended
- dihv-REH
- IPA
- /divˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- words of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
div-RE
- phraseyour reading level
div-RE a-ma-TE-kha
- clause
va-to-MER LO she-MA div-RE a-ma-TE-kha va-yo-MER sho-ME-a a-no-KHI
- sentence
va-yik-RAV e-LE-ha va-to-MER ha-i-SHA ha-a-TA yo-AV va-yo-MER a-NI va-to-MER LO she-MA div-RE a-ma-TE-kha va-yo-MER sho-ME-a a-no-KHI
Exegesis
The imperative šimʿāʿ {שְׁמַע | ši-māʿ} ‘listen’ conveys an honorific request, with its object expressed through the construct chain dibrê ’ămātēkā {דִּבְרֵי אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ | dibrê ʼămātēkā} ‘words of your servant’, in which ’āmāh {אֲמָה} signifies humility.
Root and etymology
d-b-r
“word, speech”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:17
And he approached her, and the woman said, “Are you Joab?” And he said, “I am.” Then she said to him, “Listen to the words of your servant.” And he said, “I am listening.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 20:17, so the Hebrew word דִּבְרֵ֣י (divre) 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.20.17.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.17.W12.S1) and character.