Job 13:22:4Job.13.22.W4TAB
אֽוֹ־אֲ֝דַבֵּ֗ר
oadabber
“or I will speak”
- Transliteration
- o-a-dab-BER
- Extended
- oh-ah-dahb-BEER
- IPA
- /ʔoː.ʔăðabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- or I will speak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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
o-a-dab-BER
- clause
o-a-dab-BER va-ha-shi-VE-ni
- sentence
u-ke-RA ve-a-no-KHI e-e-NE o-a-dab-BER va-ha-shi-VE-ni
Exegesis
The disjunctive o-ʾaddaber {אֽוֹ־אֲ֝דַבֵּ֗ר | ʾô-ʾăḏabbēr} ‘or I will speak’ offers an alternative action, while the vav-consecutive Hiphil wa-hashivēni {וַהֲשִׁיבֵֽנִי | wa-hăšîḇēnî}, based on shuv {שׁוּב | šûḇ} ‘return,’ conveys the promise of a reply. The balanced summons and counter-response pattern underscores the dialogic structure.
Root and etymology
consonantsdalet–bet–resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Job 13:22
Call, and I will answer; or let me speak, and You answer me.
About this coordinate
Job 13:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 13:22, so the Hebrew word אֽוֹ־אֲ֝דַבֵּ֗ר (oadabber) 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 Job.13.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.13.22.W4.S1) and character.