Genesis 17:23:22Gen.17.23.W22TAB
דִּבֶּ֥ר
diber
“{He} spoke”
- Transliteration
- di-BER
- Extended
- dih-BEHR
- IPA
- /dib.ˈbɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- {He} spoke
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
di-BER
- phraseyour reading level
di-BER i-TO
- clause
va-ya-MAL ET-be-SAR or-la-TAM be-E-tsem ha-YOM ha-ZEH ka-a-SHER di-BER i-TO e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH av-ra-HAM ET-yish-ma-EL be-NO ve-ET kol-ye-li-DEI vei-TO ve-ET kol-mik-NAT kas-PO kol-za-KHAR be-an-SHEI BEIT av-ra-HAM va-ya-MAL ET-be-SAR or-la-TAM be-E-tsem ha-YOM ha-ZEH ka-a-SHER di-BER i-TO e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The clause ka-asher dibber itto Elohim {כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אִתּוֹ אֱלֹהִים | ka-ʾă-šer dib-bēr ʾit-tō ʾĕlōhîm} ‘just as God had spoken to him’ connects Abraham’s action directly to the divine command.
Root and etymology
d-b-rDalet-Bet-Resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Genesis 17:23
That same day Abraham took Ishmael his son, along with everyone born in his house and everyone bought with his silver —every male in Abraham’s household—and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin, just as God had spoken to him.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:23:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of Genesis 17:23, so the Hebrew word דִּבֶּ֥ר (diber) 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 Gen.17.23.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.23.W22.S1) and character.