Daniel 8:13:3Dan.8.13.W3TAB
מְדַבֵּ֑ר
mehdahber
“speaking”
- Transliteration
- meh-dah-BER
- Extended
- meh-dah-BEHR
- IPA
- /mə.dabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- speaking
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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
meh-dah-BER
- clause
vah-esh-meh-AA e-KHAD-ka-DOSH meh-dah-BER
- sentence
vah-esh-meh-AA e-KHAD-ka-DOSH meh-dah-BER vah-yo-MER e-KHAD ka-DOSH lahp-pal-moh-NEE hahm-da-BER ad-ma-TAI he-kha-ZON hat-ta-MID veh-hap-PEH-sha sho-MEM TET veh-KOH-desh veh-tsa-VA mir-MAS
Exegesis
The Piel participle medabber {מְדַבֵּ֑ר | mə·dab·bēr} ‘speaking’ and the waw-consecutive vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר֩ | way·yō·mer} ‘and he said’ frame a dialogue with two occurrences of kadosh {קָד֖וֹשׁ | qā·ḏôš} ‘holy.’
Root and etymology
d-b-r
“to speak, declare”
In context — Daniel 8:13
And I heard one holy one speaking, and another holy one said to the one speaking, “Until when will the vision of the continual sacrifice and the transgression causing desolation give both the sanctuary and the host to be trampled?”
About this coordinate
Daniel 8:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Daniel 8:13, so the Hebrew word מְדַבֵּ֑ר (mehdahber) 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.8.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.8.13.W3.S1) and character.