Deuteronomy 13:5:7Deut.13.5.W7TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:6

דִּבֶּר־סָרָה

dibersara

he has spoken rebellion

Transliteration
di-BER-SA-ra
Extended
dee-BEHR-saa-RAH
IPA
/dibˈber.saˈraː/

Meaning by language

English
he has spoken rebellion

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
דִּ + בֶּר + סָ + רָה
di + ber + sa + ra
dibersara

Alphabet Analysis

Daletd as in door
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Samekhs as in sit
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    di-BER-SA-ra

  2. sentence

    ve-ha-na-VI ha-kho-LEM ha-kha-LOM ha-HU yu-MAT KI di-BER-SA-ra al-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem ha-mo-TZI et-KHEM me-E-retz mits-RA-yim ve-ha-ped-KHA mi-BEIT a-va-DIM le-ha-di-KHA min-ha-DE-rekh a-SHER tsiv-KHA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha la-LE-khet BAH u-vi-AR-ta ha-RA mi-ker-BE-kha

Exegesis

Piel dibbēr-sārāh {דִּבֶּר־סָרָה | dib-bēr sārāh} denotes a covenant breach by verbal instigation. Prepositional phrases ʿal-Yehōwāh ʾĕlōhê-khem recall divine lordship and relational context. Participles ham-mō-ṣîʾ and wə-hap-pō-ḏə-khā parallel deliverance motifs.

Root and etymology

ס־ו־ר

to turn aside, rebel

In contextDeuteronomy 13:5

And that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, for he has spoken rebellion against the LORD your God , who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, to draw you away from the way that the LORD your God commanded you to walk in. You shall purge the evil from your midst.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 13:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 13:5, so the Hebrew word דִּבֶּר־סָרָה (dibersara) 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.13.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.5.W7.S1) and character.