Judges 20:3:10Judg.20.3.W10TAB
דַּבְּר֕וּ
dabberu
“speak”
- Transliteration
- dab-be-RU
- Extended
- dahb-beh-ROO
- IPA
- /dab.bəˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- speak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
dab-be-RU
- clause
va-yo-me-RU be-NE yis-ra-EL dab-be-RU e-KHA nih-ye-TA ha-ra-A haz-ZOT
- sentence
va-yish-me-U be-NE bin-ya-MIN ki-a-LU ve-NE-yis-ra-EL ham-mits-PA va-yo-me-RU be-NE yis-ra-EL dab-be-RU e-KHA nih-ye-TA ha-ra-A haz-ZOT
Exegesis
The Piel imperative dab-bə-rû {דַּבְּרוּ | dab-bə-rû} issues an urgent command, immediately followed by the interrogative ēi-khāh {אֵיכָ֥ה | ēi-khāh} and the Nifal perfect nih-ye-tāh {נִהְיְתָה | nih-ye-tāh} forming the core of the inquiry.
Root and etymology
dalet–bet–reshdalet–bet–resh
“to speak”
In context — Judges 20:3
And the sons of Benjamin heard that the sons of Israel had gone up to Mizpah . Then the sons of Israel said, “Speak! How did this evil take place?”
About this coordinate
Judges 20:3:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 20:3, so the Hebrew word דַּבְּר֕וּ (dabberu) 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.20.3.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.3.W10.S1) and character.