Leviticus 17:2:1Lev.17.2.W1TAB
דַּבֵּ֨ר
daber
“Speak”
- Transliteration
- da-BER
- Extended
- da-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
- phraseyour reading level
da-BER el-a-ha-RON
- clause
da-BER el-a-ha-RON ve-el-ba-NAV ve-EL kol-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-lei-HEM
- sentence
da-BER el-a-ha-RON ve-el-ba-NAV ve-EL kol-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-lei-HEM ZEH ha-da-VAR a-sher-tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH leh-MOR
Exegesis
The verse begins with the imperative dabber {דַּבֵּר | dabbēr} ‘speak’, marking a direct divine injunction.
Root and etymology
d-b-rDalet Bet Resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Leviticus 17:2
Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: “This is the word that the LORD has commanded, saying,”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 17:2, so the Hebrew word דַּבֵּ֨ר (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.17.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.2.W1.S1) and character.