Genesis 18:29:3Gen.18.29.W3TAB
לְדַבֵּ֤ר
ledabber
“to speak”
- Transliteration
- le-dab-BER
- Extended
- leh-dab-BEHR
- IPA
- /lə.dabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to speak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-dab-BER
- phraseyour reading level
le-dab-BER e-LAV
- clause
va-yo-SEF OD le-dab-BER e-LAV va-yo-MAR u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM ar-ba-IM
- sentence
va-yo-SEF OD le-dab-BER e-LAV va-yo-MAR u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM ar-ba-IM va-yo-MER LO e-e-SE ba-a-VUR ha-ar-ba-IM
Exegesis
The sequence ‘od {עוֹד | ʿôḏ} plus the infinitive ledabber {לְדַבֵּר | lə-dab-bēr} forms an idiomatic construction, “to continue to speak again,” highlighting Abraham’s persistence without breaking the respectful tone of the exchange.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“to speak, to declare”
In context — Genesis 18:29
And he continued speaking to Him , and said, “Perhaps forty might be found there.” And He said, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 18:29, so the Hebrew word לְדַבֵּ֤ר (ledabber) 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.18.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.29.W3.S1) and character.