2 Samuel 23:3:52 Sam.23.3.W5TAB
דִבֶּ֖ר
dibber
“spoke”
- Transliteration
- dib-BER
- Extended
- dihb-BEHR
- IPA
- /dibˈbɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- spoke
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
dib-BER
- phraseyour reading level
LI dib-BER
- clause
a-MAR e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL LI dib-BER TSUR yis-ra-EL
- sentence
a-MAR e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL LI dib-BER TSUR yis-ra-EL mo-SHEL ba-a-DAM tsa-DIK mo-SHEL yir-AT e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The verse employs parallel verbs of divine speech, amar {אָמַר | ’āmar} ‘he said’ and diber {דִּבֶּר | dibber} ‘he spoke’, to assert authority.
Root and etymology
d-b-r
“word, speech”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel has spoken, the Rock of Israel has declared to me: “A ruler among men must be just, ruling in the fear of God .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 23:3, so the Hebrew word דִבֶּ֖ר (dibber) 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.23.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.3.W5.S1) and character.