Ezekiel 13:8:7Ezek.13.8.W7TAB

דַּבֶּרְכֶ֣ם

daberkhem

you spoke

Transliteration
da-ber-KHEM
Extended
dah-behr-KHEHM
IPA
/dab.bɛrˈχɛm/

Meaning by language

English
you spoke

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
דַּ + בֶּרְ + כֶ֣ם
da + ber + khem
daberkhem

Alphabet Analysis

Daletd as in door
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    da-ber-KHEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    da-ber-KHEM SHA-ve

  3. clause

    la-KHEN KO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI YA-an da-ber-KHEM SHA-ve va-kha-ZI-tem ka-ZAV

  4. sentence

    la-KHEN KO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI YA-an da-ber-KHEM SHA-ve va-kha-ZI-tem ka-ZAV la-KHEN hin-NI a-LE-khem ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI

Exegesis

The conjunction yaan {יַעַן | ya-ʿan} ‘because’ introduces the reason clause dabberkhem {דַּבֶּרְכֶם | dab-běr-ḵem} ‘you spoke’ shav {שָׁוְא | šāv} ‘falsehood’ and va-chazitem {וַחֲזִיתֶם | wa-ḥă-zî-tēm} ‘and you have seen’ kazav {כָּזָב | kā-zāḇ} ‘lies’.

Root and etymology

d-b-rdalet–bet–resh

to speak, declare

In contextEzekiel 13:8

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD : “Because you have spoken falsehood and have seen lies , therefore behold, I am against you,” declares the Lord GOD.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 13:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 13:8, so the Hebrew word דַּבֶּרְכֶ֣ם (daberkhem) 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 Ezek.13.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.13.8.W7.S1) and character.