Genesis 21:1:10Gen.21.1.W10TAB
דִּבֵּֽר׃
diber
“he had spoken”
- Transliteration
- di-BER
- Extended
- dih-BEHR
- IPA
- /dib.ˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- he had spoken
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
di-BER
- phraseyour reading level
ka-a-SHER di-BER
- clause
va-YA-as ye-ho-VAH le-sa-RA ka-a-SHER di-BER
- sentence
va-ye-ho-VAH pa-KAD et-sa-RA ka-a-SHER a-MAR va-YA-as ye-ho-VAH le-sa-RA ka-a-SHER di-BER
Exegesis
The second clause parallels this structure through the vav-consecutive in vayyaas {וַיַּעַשׂ | way-ya-ʿaś} ‘and He did’, the reprise of yehovah {יְהוָ֛ה | Yə-hō-wāh}, the prepositional phrase le-sarah {לְשָׂרָה | lə-śā-rāh}, and the kaasher + dibber {דִּבֵּֽר | dib-bēr} ‘just as He had spoken’. This chiastic parallelism between divine promise and action underscores YHWH’s faithfulness and the precise fulfillment of His word. The translation preserves these features by repeating “the LORD” and mirroring Hebrew clause structure.
Root and etymology
d-b-rDalet–Bet–Resh
“to speak; to declare”
In context — Genesis 21:1
The LORD gave Sarah His attention , just as He had said; the LORD carried out for Sarah exactly what He had spoken.
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:1:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 21:1, so the Hebrew word דִּבֵּֽר׃ (diber) 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.21.1.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.1.W10.S1) and character.