Leviticus 16:2:4Lev.16.2.W4TAB
דַּבֵּר֮
daber
“speak”
- Transliteration
- da-BER
- Extended
- dah-BEHR
- IPA
- /dabˈbeːr/
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
da-BER
- clause
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE da-BER el-a-ha-RON a-KHEE-kha ve-AL-ya-VO be-khol-ET el-ha-KO-desh mi-BEET la-pa-RO-khet
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE da-BER el-a-ha-RON a-KHEE-kha ve-AL-ya-VO be-khol-ET el-ha-KO-desh mi-BEET la-pa-RO-khet el-pe-NEE ha-ka-PO-ret a-SHER al-ha-a-RON ve-LO ya-MUT ki be-a-NAAN e-ra-EH al-ha-ka-PO-ret
Exegesis
The imperative dabber {דַּבֵּר֮ | dabber} ‘speak’ governs the direct object mōšēh {מֹשֶׁ֗ה | mōšēh} ‘to Moses’ and the indirect injunction to ʾāharōn ʾāḥîkā {אַהֲרֹ֣ן אָחִיךָ֒ | ʾāharōn ʾāḥîkā} ‘to Aaron your brother’.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–bet–resh
“to speak”
In context — Leviticus 16:2
And the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron your brother that he must not enter at any time into the sanctuary inside the curtain, before the atonement cover that is on the ark, so that he will not die; for I will appear in the cloud upon the atonement cover.”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 16:2, so the Hebrew word דַּבֵּר֮ (daber) 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.16.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.2.W4.S1) and character.