Ezekiel 14:4:2Ezek.14.4.W2TAB
דַּבֵּר־א֠וֹתָם
daberotam
“speak to them”
- Transliteration
- da-BER-o-TAM
- Extended
- dah-BEER-oh-TAHM
- IPA
- /dabːeːr.ʔoːˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- speak to them
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
da-BER-o-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
la-KHEN da-BER-o-TAM
- clause
la-KHEN da-BER-o-TAM ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI ISH ISH mi-BET yis-ra-EL a-SHER ya-a-LE et-gi-lu-LAV el-li-BO u-mikh-SHOL a-vo-NO ya-SIM NO-khakh pa-NAV u-VA el-ha-na-VI
- sentence
la-KHEN da-BER-o-TAM ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI ISH ISH mi-BET yis-ra-EL a-SHER ya-a-LE et-gi-lu-LAV el-li-BO u-mikh-SHOL a-vo-NO ya-SIM NO-khakh pa-NAV u-VA el-ha-na-VI a-NI ye-ho-VAH na-a-NE-ti LO VE VA be-ROV gi-lu-LAV
Exegesis
The composite imperative dabberotam {דַּבֵּר־א֠וֹתָם | dab-bēr-ʾō-tām} ‘speak to them’ uses a piel form with pronominal suffix to intensify the directive, followed by ve’amarta {וְאָמַרְתָּ֨ | wə-ʾā-mar-tā} ‘and you shall say’.
Root and etymology
RootDalet–Bet–Resh
“word”
In context — Ezekiel 14:4
Therefore, speak to them and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD : Any man of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart , and places the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him according to the multitude of his idols.’
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 14:4, so the Hebrew word דַּבֵּר־א֠וֹתָם (daberotam) 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.14.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.4.W2.S1) and character.