Judges 15:17:3Judg.15.17.W3TAB
לְדַבֵּ֔ר
ledaber
“to speak”
- Transliteration
- le-da-BER
- Extended
- leh-dah-BEER
- IPA
- /ləðabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to speak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-da-BER
- phraseyour reading level
ke-kha-LO-to le-da-BER
- clause
va-ye-HI ke-kha-LO-to le-da-BER va-yash-LEKH hal-le-KHI mi-YA-do
- sentence
va-ye-HI ke-kha-LO-to le-da-BER va-yash-LEKH hal-le-KHI mi-YA-do va-yik-RA lam-ma-KOM ha-HU ra-MAT le-KHI
Exegesis
The temporal clause kekallôtô ləḏabbēr {כְּכַלֹּת֣וֹ לְדַבֵּ֔ר | kekallôtô ləḏabbēr} ‘when he finished speaking’ establishes a subordinate time relation.
In context — Judges 15:17
And it came to pass , when he finished speaking, that he threw the jawbone from his hand; and he called that place Ramath Lehi.
About this coordinate
Judges 15:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 15:17, so the Hebrew word לְדַבֵּ֔ר (ledaber) 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 Judg.15.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.17.W3.S1) and character.