Joshua 22:30:13Josh.22.30.W13TAB
דִּבְּר֛וּ
dibroo
“spoke”
- Transliteration
- dib-ROO
- Extended
- dib-BROO
- IPA
- /dibˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
dib-ROO
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER dib-ROO
- clause
va-yish-MA PIN-khas ha-ko-HEN u-ne-si-EI ha-e-DA ve-ra-SHEI al-FEI yis-ra-EL a-SHER it-TO et-had-de-va-RIM a-SHER dib-ROO be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD u-ve-NEI-me-na-SHEH
- sentence
va-yish-MA PIN-khas ha-ko-HEN u-ne-si-EI ha-e-DA ve-ra-SHEI al-FEI yis-ra-EL a-SHER it-TO et-had-de-va-RIM a-SHER dib-ROO be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD u-ve-NEI-me-na-SHEH va-yi-TAV be-ei-NEI-hem
Exegesis
The direct object marker et-haddevarim {אֶת־הַדְּבָרִים | ʾet-had-de-vǎ-rīm} marks ‘the words’ as object of dibru {דִּבְּרוּ | dib-rū} ‘they spoke’, referring to the eastern tribes’ report.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“to speak, declare”
In context — Joshua 22:30
Phinehas the priest, with the assembly’s princes and the chiefs of Israel’s thousands who were with him, heard the words spoken by the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh, and the report met with favor .
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:30:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Joshua 22:30, so the Hebrew word דִּבְּר֛וּ (dibroo) 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.22.30.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.30.W13.S1) and character.