Judges 16:13:7Judg.16.13.W7TAB
וַתְּדַבֵּ֤ר
vatedaber
“and you spoke”
- Transliteration
- va-te-da-BER
- Extended
- vah-teh-dah-BEER
- IPA
- /vat.dədaˈbeːr/
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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The word
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 ad-HE-na he-TAL-ta BI va-te-da-BER e-LAI ke-za-VIM ha-gi-DA LI ba-ME te-a-SER
- sentence
va-TO-mer de-li-LA el-shim-sHON ad-HE-na he-TAL-ta BI va-te-da-BER e-LAI ke-za-VIM ha-gi-DA LI ba-ME te-a-SER va-YO-mer e-LE-ha im-ta-ar-GI et-SHE-va ma-khel-FOT ro-SHI im-ha-ma-sa-KHET
Root and etymology
Rootd b r
“word, speak”
In context — Judges 16:13
And Delilah said to Samson, “Until now you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me how you may be bound.” And he said to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with the loom fabric, I will be bound.”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 16:13, so the Hebrew word וַתְּדַבֵּ֤ר (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.16.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.13.W7.S1) and character.