Joshua 20:2:9Josh.20.2.W9TAB
אֲשֶׁר־דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי
asherdibarti
“which I spoke”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-di-barti
- Extended
- ah-shehr-dee-BAR-tee
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr.dibːarˈti/
Meaning by language
- English
- which I spoke
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-di-barti
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-di-barti a-lei-KHEM
- clause
te-NU la-KHEM et-a-REI ha-mik-LAT a-sher-di-barti a-lei-KHEM be-YAD-MO-sheh
- 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 relative asher-dibbarti {אֲשֶׁר־דִּבַּרְתִּי | ăšer-dib·bārtī} ‘which I spoke’ with aleikhem {אֲלֵיכֶם | ʾălê-ḵem} ‘to you’ forms a defining relative clause linking to earlier instruction.
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 20:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 20:2, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי (asherdibarti) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.20.2.W9.S1) and character.