Joshua 21:2:1Josh.21.2.W1TAB
וַיְדַבְּר֨וּ
vayedabreu
“and they spoke”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-dab-REU
- Extended
- vah-yeh-dab-BE-roo
- IPA
- /vajdabˈreːu/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they spoke
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-dab-REU
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-dab-REU a-lei-HEM
- clause
va-ye-dab-REU a-lei-HEM be-shi-LO be-E-retz ke-na-AN lei-MOR Ye-ho-VAH tsi-VA be-YAD-MO-sheh la-TET-LA-nu a-RIM la-sha-VET
- sentence
va-ye-dab-REU a-lei-HEM be-shi-LO be-E-retz ke-na-AN lei-MOR Ye-ho-VAH tsi-VA be-YAD-MO-sheh la-TET-LA-nu a-RIM la-sha-VET u-mig-re-shei-HEN liv-hemt-TE-nu
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive imperfect {וַיְדַבְּרוּ | way·yĕ·dab·bĕ·rû} ‘and they spoke’, signaling direct reported speech.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־רd-b-r
“to speak”
In context — Joshua 21:2
And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, “The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in and their pasturelands for our livestock.”
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 21:2, so the Hebrew word וַיְדַבְּר֨וּ (vayedabreu) 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.21.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.2.W1.S1) and character.