Leviticus 15:2:1Lev.15.2.W1TAB
דַּבְּרוּ֙
dabberu
“Speak”
- Transliteration
- dab-be-RU
- Extended
- dah-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
dab-be-RU el-be-NEH yis-ra-EL va-a-mar-TEM a-le-HEM
- sentence
dab-be-RU el-be-NEH yis-ra-EL va-a-mar-TEM a-le-HEM EESH EESH KI yi-he-YEH ZAV mib-be-SA-RO zo-VO ta-ME HU
Exegesis
The verse begins with the verbs dabberu {דַּבְּרוּ | dabberu} ‘speak’ and va-amartem {וַאֲמַרְתֶּם | va-amartem} ‘and you shall say’ in sequence, establishing a priestly directive.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־רdalet-bet-resh
“to speak”
In context — Leviticus 15:2
Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them: “Any man, when there is a discharge from his flesh, that discharge makes him unclean .”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 15:2, so the Hebrew word דַּבְּרוּ֙ (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 Lev.15.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.2.W1.S1) and character.