Job 21:3:5Job.21.3.W5TAB
דַּבְּרִ֣י
dabberi
“my speaking”
- Transliteration
- dab-be-RI
- Extended
- dahb-beh-REE
- IPA
- /dab.bəˈriː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my speaking
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
dab-be-RI
- phraseyour reading level
dab-be-RI tal-e-IG
- clause
ve-a-KHAR dab-be-RI tal-e-IG
- sentence
sa-U-ni ve-a-no-KHI a-da-BER ve-a-KHAR dab-be-RI tal-e-IG
Exegesis
The waw-consecutive ve’achar dabri {וְאַחַ֖ר דַּבְּרִ֣י | wə-’aḥar dab-rî} forms a temporal sequence indicating what follows the speech.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–bet–resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Job 21:3
Bear with me, and I will speak ; and after I have spoken, you may mock .
About this coordinate
Job 21:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 21:3, so the Hebrew word דַּבְּרִ֣י (dabberi) 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.21.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.3.W5.S1) and character.