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

Result
מְ + דַ + בֵּ֑ר
meh + dah + ber
mehdahber

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Daletd as in door
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    meh-dah-BER

  2. clause

    vah-esh-meh-AA e-KHAD-ka-DOSH meh-dah-BER

  3. 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 contextDaniel 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.