Deuteronomy 13:2:4Deut.13.2.W4TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:3
אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֵּ֥ר
asherdiber
“that he spoke”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-DI-ber
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-dee-BEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr.dibˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- that he spoke
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
a-SHER-DI-ber
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-DI-ber e-LEI-kha
- clause
a-SHER-DI-ber e-LEI-kha lei-MOR
- sentence
ve-VA ha-OT ve-ha-mo-FET a-SHER-DI-ber e-LEI-kha lei-MOR ne-le-KHA a-cha-REI e-lo-HIM a-SHER LO ye-da-TA-m ve-na-av-DEM
Exegesis
The relative clause asher dibber eilekha {אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אֵלֶיךָ | ʾăšer dibber ʾê-lê-ḵā} ‘which he spoke to you’ qualifies the miraculous signs and anticipates direct speech.
The prepositional phrase acharei elohim acherim {אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים | ʾaḥărê ʾĕlōhîm ʾăḥērîm} ‘after other gods’ marks idolatrous pursuit, further specified by the negative relative clause asher lo yedatam {אֲשֶׁר לֹא יְדַעְתָּם | ʾăšer lōʾ yᵊḏaʿ-tām} ‘which you have not known’, emphasizing forbidden novelty. The syntax preserves Hebrew clause order, maintaining the conditional protasis and the transition to direct speech without reordering.
In context — Deuteronomy 13:2
And the sign and the wonder that he spoke to you about has come to pass, saying, “Let us go after other gods —which you have not known—and let us serve them;”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 13:2, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֵּ֥ר (asherdiber) 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 Deut.13.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.2.W4.S1) and character.