Genesis 18:31:4Gen.18.31.W4TAB
לְדַבֵּ֣ר
ledabber
“to speak”
- Transliteration
- le-dab-BER
- Extended
- leh-dahb-BEHR
- IPA
- /lə.dab.ˈbeːr/
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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Word in context
- word
le-dab-BER
- phraseyour reading level
le-dab-BER el-a-do-NAI
- clause
va-YO-mer hin-neh-NA ho-AL-ti le-dab-BER el-a-do-NAI u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM es-RIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer hin-neh-NA ho-AL-ti le-dab-BER el-a-do-NAI u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM es-RIM va-YO-mer LO ash-KHIT ba-a-VUR ha-es-RIM
Exegesis
The Hiphil perfect hoalti {הוֹאַלְתִּי | hō-ʾal-tî} ‘I have taken it upon myself’ foregrounds Abraham’s self-conscious boldness, while the infinitive ledabber {לְדַבֵּר | lə-dab-bēr} ‘to speak’ announces his petition.
Root and etymology
“to speak; a word”
In context — Genesis 18:31
And he said, “Now, please, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord . Perhaps twenty will be found there.” And He said, “I will not destroy for the sake of the twenty.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:31:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 18:31, so the Hebrew word לְדַבֵּ֣ר (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.18.31.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.31.W4.S1) and character.