Joshua 20:4:9Josh.20.4.W9TAB
וְדִבֶּ֛ר
vediber
“and shall explain”
- Transliteration
- ve-di-BER
- Extended
- veh-dee-BEHR
- IPA
- /və.dibˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and shall explain
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-di-BER
- clause
ve-NAS el-AKHAT me-he-a-RIM ha-e-LEH ve-a-MAD PE-taKH SHA-ar ha-IR ve-di-BER be-oz-NEI zik-NEI-ha-IR ha-HI et-de-va-RAV
- sentence
ve-NAS el-AKHAT me-he-a-RIM ha-e-LEH ve-a-MAD PE-taKH SHA-ar ha-IR ve-di-BER be-oz-NEI zik-NEI-ha-IR ha-HI et-de-va-RAV ve-os-FU o-TO ha-i-RAH a-lei-HEM ve-nat-NU-LO ma-KOM ve-ya-SHAV im-MAM
Exegesis
The first verb wenas {וְנָס | wə-nāś} ‘and he fled’ initiates the legal protocol, followed by we-amad {וְעָמַד | wə-ʿā-mad} ‘and he stood’ and we-dibber {וְדִבֶּר | wə-dib-ber} ‘and he spoke’, each step underscoring mandatory action.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Joshua 20:4
And he shall flee to one of these cities , and shall stand at the entrance of the city gate and speak in the ears of the elders of that city his words; and they shall bring him into the city to themselves and give him a place , and he shall dwell with them.
About this coordinate
Joshua 20:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 20:4, so the Hebrew word וְדִבֶּ֛ר (vediber) 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.20.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.20.4.W9.S1) and character.