Genesis 17:3:4Gen.17.3.W4TAB
וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר
vayedaber
“{And He} spoke”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-da-BER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-dah-BEHR
- IPA
- /wa.jə.ðab.ˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And He} spoke
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-da-BER
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-da-BER it-TO
- clause
va-ye-da-BER it-TO e-lo-HIM le-a-MOR
- sentence
va-yip-POL av-RAM al-pa-NAW va-ye-da-BER it-TO e-lo-HIM le-a-MOR
Exegesis
The second clause begins with vayedabber {וַיְדַבֵּר | way-də-bēr} ‘and He spoke’, with the prepositional phrase itto {אִתּוֹ | ʾit-tô} ‘with him’ preceding the subject Elohim {אֱלֹהִים | ʾĕ-lō-hîm} to emphasize relational closeness.
Root and etymology
d-b-rDalet-Bet-Resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Genesis 17:3
Abram fell face down, and God spoke with him , saying,
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 17:3, so the Hebrew word וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (vayedaber) 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.17.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.3.W4.S1) and character.