Job 13:3:4Job.13.3.W4TAB
אֲדַבֵּ֑ר
adaber
“I will speak”
- Transliteration
- a-da-BER
- Extended
- ah-dah-BEHR
- IPA
- /ʔădabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will 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
a-NI el-sha-DAI a-da-BER
- clause
u-LAM a-NI el-sha-DAI a-da-BER
- sentence
u-LAM a-NI el-sha-DAI a-da-BER ve-ho-KHE-a el-EL e-khe-FATS
Exegesis
In the first clause adabber {אֲדַבֵּר | ʾădabber} ‘I will speak’ governs the prepositional phrase el-shaddai {אֶל־שַׁדַּי | ʾel-šadday}, indicating direct address to the Almighty and framing the act as bold engagement.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–bet–resh
“to speak”
In context — Job 13:3
Yet I will speak to the Almighty , and I earnestly desire to reason with God .
About this coordinate
Job 13:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 13:3, so the Hebrew word אֲדַבֵּ֑ר (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 Job.13.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.13.3.W4.S1) and character.