Isaiah 16:14:2Isa.16.14.W2TAB
דִּבֶּ֣ר
diber
“has spoken”
- Transliteration
- di-BER
- Extended
- dih-BEHR
- IPA
- /dibˈbɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- has 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
di-BER
- phraseyour reading level
di-BER Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-a-TA di-BER Ye-ho-VAH le-MOR be-sha-LOSH sha-NIM kish-ne sa-KHIR ve-nik-LA ke-VOD mo-AV be-KHOL he-ha-MON ha-RAV
- sentence
ve-a-TA di-BER Ye-ho-VAH le-MOR be-sha-LOSH sha-NIM kish-ne sa-KHIR ve-nik-LA ke-VOD mo-AV be-KHOL he-ha-MON ha-RAV u-she-AR me-AT miz-AR LO ka-BIR
Exegesis
Dīber {דִּבֶּר | dib-bēr}, a Piel perfect third person masculine singular verb, frames the completed act of divine speech, followed by the infinitive construct le-ʾemor {לֵאמֹר | lê-ʾā-môr} ‘to say’ that introduces direct discourse.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Isaiah 16:14
And now the LORD has spoken, saying, “Within three years, as the years of a hired worker , the glory of Moab will be brought into contempt among all that great multitude, and the remnant will be very small, not mighty.”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 16:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 16:14, so the Hebrew word דִּבֶּ֣ר (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 Isa.16.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.16.14.W2.S1) and character.