Leviticus 19:2:1Lev.19.2.W1TAB
דַּבֵּ֞ר
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
da-BER el-kol-a-DAT be-NEE-yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ke-do-SHEEM tih-eh-YOO
- sentence
da-BER el-kol-a-DAT be-NEE-yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ke-do-SHEEM tih-eh-YOO KI ka-DOHSH a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem
Exegesis
The verse opens with the Piel imperative dabber {דַּבֵּ֞ר | dabbēr} ‘speak’, issuing a direct divine command.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet-bet-resh
“to speak”
In context — Leviticus 19:2
Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, “You shall be holy, for I, the LORD your God , am holy .”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 19:2, so the Hebrew word דַּבֵּ֞ר (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.19.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.2.W1.S1) and character.