Deuteronomy 18:21:8Deut.18.21.W8TAB
לֹא־דִבְּר֖וֹ
lodibervo
“the LORD has not spoken”
- Transliteration
- lo-di-ber-VO
- Extended
- LOH-dib-BEHR-VOH
- IPA
- /loː.dibˈbeːr.vo/
Meaning by language
- English
- the LORD has not spoken
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-di-ber-VO
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER lo-di-ber-VO
- clause
ei-KHA ne-DA et-ha-da-VAR a-SHER lo-di-ber-VO Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-KHI to-MAR bil-va-VE-kha ei-KHA ne-DA et-ha-da-VAR a-SHER lo-di-ber-VO Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The particle et {אֶת | ʾet} marks hadavar {הַדָּבָר | haddāvar} ‘the message’ as the direct object, while asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă·šer} ‘which’ and the negation lō {לֹא | lō} plus the Piel perfect dibbərô {דִבְּר֖וֹ | dibbərô} ‘he has spoken it’ form a relative clause defining prophetic authenticity.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“word, speech”
In context — Deuteronomy 18:21
And when you say in your heart, “How will we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 18:21, so the Hebrew word לֹא־דִבְּר֖וֹ (lodibervo) 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.18.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.21.W8.S1) and character.