Joshua 20:2:1Josh.20.2.W1TAB
דַּבֵּ֛ר
daber
“Speak”
- Transliteration
- da-BER
- Extended
- dah-BEER
- IPA
- /daˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- Speak
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
da-BER
- clause
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-MOR
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-MOR te-NU la-KHEM et-a-REI ha-mik-LAT a-sher-di-barti a-lei-KHEM be-YAD-MO-sheh
Exegesis
The verse begins with the imperative verb daber {דַּבֵּר | dab·bēr} ‘speak’, issuing a direct command.
Root and etymology
d-b-rd-b-r
“to speak”
In context — Joshua 20:2
Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, “Appoint for yourselves the cities of refuge which I commanded through Moses.”
About this coordinate
Joshua 20:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 20:2, so the Hebrew word דַּבֵּ֛ר (daber) 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.20.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.20.2.W1.S1) and character.