Genesis 18:30:5Gen.18.30.W5TAB
וַאֲדַבֵּ֔רָה
vaadabera
“{And} let me speak”
- Transliteration
- va-a-da-BE-ra
- Extended
- vah-ah-dah-BEH-rah
- IPA
- /wa.ʔă.ðabˈbeː.raː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} let me speak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-da-BE-ra
- clause
va-yo-MER al-NA yi-KHAR la-do-NAI va-a-da-BE-ra u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM she-lo-SHIM
- sentence
va-yo-MER al-NA yi-KHAR la-do-NAI va-a-da-BE-ra u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM she-lo-SHIM va-yo-MER LO e-e-SE im-em-TSA SHAM she-lo-SHIM
Exegesis
The cohortative va’adabbera {וַאֲדַבֵּרָה | wa-ʾă-dab-bē-rāh} ‘and let me speak’ signals Abraham’s self-effacing resolve to continue speaking despite the risk.
Root and etymology
consonantsDalet-Bet-Resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Genesis 18:30
And he said, “Please, do not let Your anger burn, O Lord , and let me speak. Perhaps thirty will be found there.” And He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:30:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 18:30, so the Hebrew word וַאֲדַבֵּ֔רָה (vaadabera) 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.18.30.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.30.W5.S1) and character.