Jeremiah 18:7:2Jer.18.7.W2TAB
אֲדַבֵּ֔ר
adabber
“I speak”
- Transliteration
- a-dab-BER
- Extended
- ah-dahb-BEER
- IPA
- /ʔă.dabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- I speak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-dab-BER
- phraseyour reading level
RE-ga a-dab-BER
- clause
RE-ga a-dab-BER al-GOY ve-al-mam-la-KHA
- sentence
RE-ga a-dab-BER al-GOY ve-al-mam-la-KHA lin-te-SHOSH ve-lin-te-TOTS u-le-ha-a-VID
Exegesis
The verse opens with the temporal noun regaʿ {רֶ֣גַע | regaʿ} establishing sudden divine action, followed by the Piel imperfect cohortative adabber {אֲדַבֵּ֔ר | ʾă-dab-bēr}, which functions as a divine decree.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“word, speech”
In context — Jeremiah 18:7
At the moment I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to uproot, to pull down, and to destroy it.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Jeremiah 18:7, so the Hebrew word אֲדַבֵּ֔ר (adabber) 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 Jer.18.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.7.W2.S1) and character.