Exodus 19:8:11Exod.19.8.W11TAB
אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֥י
etdivree
“the words”
- Transliteration
- et-div-REE
- Extended
- et-div-REE
- IPA
- /ʔet.divˈreː/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
et-div-REE
- phraseyour reading level
et-div-REE ha-AM
- clause
va-ya-SHEV mo-SHEH et-div-REE ha-AM el-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-a-NU khol-ha-AM yakh-DAV va-yom-RU KOL a-sher-dih-BEHR Ye-ho-VAH na-a-SEH va-ya-SHEV mo-SHEH et-div-REE ha-AM el-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Within the quotation, the relative clause kol asher diber YHWH {כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר יְהוָה} “everything that the LORD has spoken” features the Piel perfect dibber {דִּבֶּר | dib-bēr} “he spoke” with an implied divine subject.
The construct divrei ha-am {דִּבְרֵי הָעָם | dib-rê hā-ʿām} “words of the people” functions as the object, and the prepositional phrase el YHWH {אֶל־יְהוָה | ʾel Yə-hō-wāh} “to the LORD” completes the communication cycle. The Hebrew wayyiqtol forms are rendered in English past tense to preserve narrative flow, and the imperfect expresses the firm resolve inherent in the covenant pledge.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdaleth–beth–resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Exodus 19:8
All the people answered as one and said, “Everything that the LORD has spoken, we will do.” And Moses brought the people’s words back to the LORD.
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 19:8, so the Hebrew word אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֥י (etdivree) 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.19.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.8.W11.S1) and character.