Exodus 19:6:10Exod.19.6.W10TAB
תְּדַבֵּ֖ר
tehdabber
“you shall say”
- Transliteration
- teh-dab-BER
- Extended
- teh-dah-BEHR
- IPA
- /tə.dabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall say
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
teh-dab-BER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER teh-dab-BER
- clause
EH-leh had-de-va-RIM a-SHER teh-dab-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-a-TEM tih-yu-LI mam-LE-khet ko-ha-NIM ve-GOY ka-DOSH EH-leh had-de-va-RIM a-SHER teh-dab-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The demonstrative eleh hadevarim {אֵלֶּה הַדְּבָרִים | ʾêl-leh had-də-ḇā-rîm} ‘these are the words’ introduces the forthcoming divine instructions, while the relative clause asher tedabber {אֲשֶׁר תְּדַבֵּר | ʾă-šer tə-dab-bēr} ‘that you shall speak’ assigns Moses as the mediator.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdaleth–beth–resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Exodus 19:6
You will be for Me a kingdom of priests and a nation that is holy. These are the words you shall speak to the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 19:6, so the Hebrew word תְּדַבֵּ֖ר (tehdabber) 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.19.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.6.W10.S1) and character.