Jeremiah 20:8:2Jer.20.8.W2TAB
אֲדַבֵּר֙
adaber
“I speak”
- Transliteration
- a-da-BER
- Extended
- ah-dah-BEER
- IPA
- /ʔă.daˈbeːr/
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-da-BER
- phraseyour reading level
KI-mid-DE a-da-BER
- clause
KI-mid-DE a-da-BER e-ze-AK kha-MAS va-SHOD e-kra-A
- sentence
KI-mid-DE a-da-BER e-ze-AK kha-MAS va-SHOD e-kra-A KI-ha-YA de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH LI le-kher-PA u-le-KE-les KAL-ha-YOM
Exegesis
The construct phrase midei adaber {מִדֵּי אֲדַבֵּר | mi-dê ʾă-da-bēr} ‘whenever I speak’ introduces the prophet’s repeated speech acts.
Root and etymology
Rootd-b-r
“word, speak”
In context — Jeremiah 20:8
For whenever I speak, I cry out; I call, “Violence and destruction!” For the word of the LORD has become for me reproach and derision all the day.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 20:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Jeremiah 20:8, so the Hebrew word אֲדַבֵּר֙ (adaber) 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.20.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.8.W2.S1) and character.