Exodus 20:19:3Exod.20.19.W3TAB
דַּבֵּר־אַתָּ֥ה
dahbehrahtah
“speak”
- Transliteration
- dah-BEHR-ah-TAH
- Extended
- dah-BEHR-ah-TAA
- IPA
- /dab.beːr.ʔaˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- speak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
dah-BEHR-ah-TAH
- phraseyour reading level
dah-BEHR-ah-TAH ih-mah-NUU
- clause
vah-yoh-MRUU el-MO-sheh dah-BEHR-ah-TAH ih-mah-NUU veh-nish-MAA-ah
- sentence
vah-yoh-MRUU el-MO-sheh dah-BEHR-ah-TAH ih-mah-NUU veh-nish-MAA-ah veh-ahl-yeh-dah-BEHR ih-mah-NUU e-lo-HIM pehn-nah-MUUT
Exegesis
Daber-attah {דַּבֵּר־אַתָּה | dab-bēr-ʾat-tāh} ‘you speak’ places the imperative before the pronoun for emphasis on personal address.
Root and etymology
Rootdaleth–beth–resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Exodus 20:19
And they said to Moses, “You speak with us and we will listen; but do not let God speak with us, lest we die .”
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:19:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 20:19, so the Hebrew word דַּבֵּר־אַתָּ֥ה (dahbehrahtah) 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.20.19.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.19.W3.S1) and character.