2 Samuel 20:18:32 Sam.20.18.W3TAB
דַּבֵּ֨ר
daber
“surely speak”
- Transliteration
- da-BER
- Extended
- dah-BEER
- IPA
- /dabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- surely 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
da-BER ye-dab-RU va-ri-sho-NA
- clause
da-BER ye-dab-RU va-ri-sho-NA le-MOR sha-OL ye-sha-a-LU be-a-VEL ve-KHEN he-tam-MU
- sentence
va-to-MER le-MOR da-BER ye-dab-RU va-ri-sho-NA le-MOR sha-OL ye-sha-a-LU be-a-VEL ve-KHEN he-tam-MU
Exegesis
The emphatic verb complex dabber yedabberu {דַּבֵּ֨ר יְדַבְּר֤וּ | dabber yedabberû} combines an infinitive absolute with an imperfect to signal customary action.
Root and etymology
d-b-r
“to speak, declare”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:18
And she said, “They used to say at the beginning , ‘Surely one should ask at Abel ,’ and so they concluded the matter.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 20:18, so the Hebrew word דַּבֵּ֨ר (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.20.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.18.W3.S1) and character.