Judges 16:10:7Judg.16.10.W7TAB
וַתְּדַבֵּ֥ר
vatedaber
“and you spoke”
- Transliteration
- va-te-da-BER
- Extended
- vah-teh-dah-BEER
- IPA
- /vat.dəðaˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you 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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
va-te-da-BER
- phraseyour reading level
va-te-da-BER e-LAI
- clause
va-to-MER de-li-LA el-shim-sHON hi-NE he-TAL-ta BI va-te-da-BER e-LAI ke-za-VIM
- sentence
va-to-MER de-li-LA el-shim-sHON hi-NE he-TAL-ta BI va-te-da-BER e-LAI ke-za-VIM a-TA ha-gi-DA-na LI ba-ME te-a-SER
Exegesis
The piel perfect hetalta {הֵתַלְתָּ | hē·tal·tā} ‘you have mocked’ conveys an intensive, completed action, reinforced by the subsequent vav-consecutive piel imperfect vatedabber {וַתְּדַבֵּר | wa·tə·dab·bēr} ‘and you spoke’ in conjunction with the noun kezavim {כְּזָבִים | kǝ·zā·wîm} ‘lies’ to underscore deceit.
Root and etymology
Rootd b r
“word, speak”
In context — Judges 16:10
And Delilah said to Samson, “Behold, you have mocked me and spoken lies to me; now please tell me —by what can you be bound?”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 16:10, so the Hebrew word וַתְּדַבֵּ֥ר (vatedaber) 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.16.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.10.W7.S1) and character.