Genesis 18:32:5Gen.18.32.W5TAB
וַאֲדַבְּרָ֣ה
vaadabra
“{And} I will speak”
- Transliteration
- va-a-dab-RA
- Extended
- vah-ah-dab-RAA
- IPA
- /wa.ʔă.dab.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} I will 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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-dab-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-dab-RA akh-ha-PA-am
- clause
va-yo-MER al-NA yi-KHAR la-do-NAI va-a-dab-RA akh-ha-PA-am u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM a-sa-RA
- sentence
va-yo-MER al-NA yi-KHAR la-do-NAI va-a-dab-RA akh-ha-PA-am u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM a-sa-RA va-yo-MER LO ash-KHIT ba-a-VUR ha-a-sa-RA
Exegesis
The cohortative va'adabrah {וַאֲדַבְּרָה | wa-ʾa-dab-bə-rāh} “and let me speak” presents Abraham’s speech as self-limited and deferential, fitting the negotiation context.
Root and etymology
“to speak; a word”
In context — Genesis 18:32
Then he said, “Please, let not Your anger burn, my Lord . Let me speak only this once . Perhaps ten will be found there.” And He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:32:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 18:32, so the Hebrew word וַאֲדַבְּרָ֣ה (vaadabra) 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.18.32.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.32.W5.S1) and character.