Joshua 14:10:7Josh.14.10.W7TAB
דִּבֵּר֒
diber
“he spoke”
- Transliteration
- di-BER
- Extended
- dee-BEHR
- IPA
- /dibˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- he spoke
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
di-BER
- phraseyour reading level
ka-a-SHER di-BER
- clause
ve-a-TAH hi-NEH he-khe-YAH Ye-ho-VAH o-TI ka-a-SHER di-BER ZEH ar-ba-IM ve-kha-MESH sha-NAH me-OZ di-BER Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH el-mo-SHEH a-SHER-ha-LAKH yis-ra-EL ba-mid-BAR
- sentence
ve-a-TAH hi-NEH he-khe-YAH Ye-ho-VAH o-TI ka-a-SHER di-BER ZEH ar-ba-IM ve-kha-MESH sha-NAH me-OZ di-BER Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH el-mo-SHEH a-SHER-ha-LAKH yis-ra-EL ba-mid-BAR ve-a-TAH hi-NEH a-no-KHI ha-YOM ben-kha-MESH u-shmo-NIM sha-NAH
Exegesis
The subordinate comparison kaasher dibber {כַאֲשֶׁר דִּבֵּר | kaʾăšer dibbēr} grounds the preservation in an earlier divine speech, so endurance is presented as the fulfillment of a spoken commitment.
Root and etymology
consonants ד־ב־רDalet–Bet–Resh
“word, matter”
In context — Joshua 14:10
And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, just as He spoke, these forty-five years since then the LORD spoke this word to Moses, when Israel walked in the wilderness; and now, behold, I am today eighty-five years old.
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 14:10, so the Hebrew word דִּבֵּר֒ (diber) 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 Josh.14.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.10.W7.S1) and character.