Leviticus 14:33:1Lev.14.33.W1TAB
וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר
vayedabber
“{And He} spoke”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-dab-BER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-dab-BEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.dabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And He} 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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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-ye-dab-BER
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-dab-BER Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-dab-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ve-el-a-ha-RON le-MOR
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav consecutive imperfect vayedabber {וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר | wā-yə-dā-bēr} ‘and He spoke’, marking a continuation of divine discourse.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet-bet-resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Leviticus 14:33
And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:33:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 14:33, so the Hebrew word וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (vayedabber) 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 Lev.14.33.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.33.W1.S1) and character.