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

Result
לְ + דַ + בֵּ֔ר
le + da + ber
ledaber

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Daletd as in door
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-da-BER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ke-kha-LO-to le-da-BER

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI ke-kha-LO-to le-da-BER va-yash-LEKH hal-le-KHI mi-YA-do

  4. 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 contextJudges 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.