Exodus 16:23:5Exod.16.23.W5TAB
דִּבֶּ֣ר
diber
“spoke”
- Transliteration
- di-BER
- Extended
- dih-BEHR
- IPA
- /dib.ˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
di-BER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER di-BER Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM HU a-SHER di-BER Ye-ho-VAH sha-ba-TON sha-bat-KO-desh la-ye-ho-VAH ma-KHAR
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM HU a-SHER di-BER Ye-ho-VAH sha-ba-TON sha-bat-KO-desh la-ye-ho-VAH ma-KHAR ET a-sher-to-FU e-FU ve-ET a-sher-te-va-she-LU ba-SHE-lu ve-ET kol-ha-o-DEF ha-NI-khu la-KHEM le-mish-ME-ret ad-ha-BO-ker
Exegesis
The pronoun hu {הוּא | hû} with the relative clause asher dib-bēr YHWH {אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָה | ʾă-šer dib-bēr Yə-hō-wāh} forms an identificatory construction linking this directive to prior divine speech.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdaleth–beth–resh
“steppe, wilderness”
In context — Exodus 16:23
And he said to them, “This is what the LORD has declared: ‘Tomorrow is a sabbath observance, a holy sabbath to the LORD. Bake what you will bake, and boil what you will boil; and all the surplus, set it aside for your safekeeping until morning.’”
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 16:23, so the Hebrew word דִּבֶּ֣ר (diber) 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.16.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.23.W5.S1) and character.