Exodus 14:12:4Exod.14.12.W4TAB
דִּבַּ֨רְנוּ
dibarnoo
“we spoke”
- Transliteration
- di-BAR-noo
- Extended
- dih-BAAR-noo
- IPA
- /dib.ˈbar.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- we spoke
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
di-BAR-noo
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER di-BAR-noo e-LEY-kha be-mits-RA-yim
- clause
ha-lo-ZEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER di-BAR-noo e-LEY-kha be-mits-RA-yim le-MOR kha-DAL mi-MEN-noo ve-na-av-DA et-mits-RA-yim
- sentence
ha-lo-ZEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER di-BAR-noo e-LEY-kha be-mits-RA-yim le-MOR kha-DAL mi-MEN-noo ve-na-av-DA et-mits-RA-yim KI TOV la-NU a-VOD et-mits-RA-yim mi-moo-TE-noo ba-mid-BAR
Exegesis
The noun hadavar {הַדָּבָר | ha-dāvar} is modified by the relative clause asher dibbārnû ʾēleḵā be-miṭsrāyim lēʾemor {אֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְנוּ אֵלֶיךָ בְּמִצְרַיִם לֵאמֹר}, “that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying.”
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“word”
In context — Exodus 14:12
Is this not the very word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying “Leave us alone and let us serve the Egyptians”? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 14:12, so the Hebrew word דִּבַּ֨רְנוּ (dibarnoo) 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 Exod.14.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.12.W4.S1) and character.