Daniel 10:17:6Dan.10.17.W6TAB
לְדַבֵּ֖ר
lehdabber
“to speak”
- Transliteration
- leh-dab-BER
- Extended
- leh-dahb-BEHR
- IPA
- /ləðabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to speak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
leh-dab-BER
- clause
veh-HEIKH yoo-KHAL E-ved a-do-NI ZE leh-dab-BER im-a-do-NI ZE
- sentence
veh-HEIKH yoo-KHAL E-ved a-do-NI ZE leh-dab-BER im-a-do-NI ZE va-a-NI meh-ah-TAA lo-ya-a-mad-BI KO-akh oo-neh-sha-MA LO nish-e-ra-BI
Exegesis
The modal verb yukhal {יוּכַ֗ל | yû-ḵal} ‘can’ governs the infinitive ledabber {לְדַבֵּ֖ר | lə-da-bēr} ‘to speak’.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“word, matter”
In context — Daniel 10:17
And how can the servant of my lord speak with this my lord? As for me, from now no strength stands within me, and no breath remains in me .
About this coordinate
Daniel 10:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Daniel 10:17, so the Hebrew word לְדַבֵּ֖ר (lehdabber) 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 Dan.10.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.10.17.W6.S1) and character.