Leviticus 21:16:1Lev.21.16.W1TAB
וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר
vayedaber
“{And He} spoke”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-da-BER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-dah-BEHR
- IPA
- /waj.jə.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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Word in context
- word
va-ye-da-BER
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH le-MOR
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayedabber {וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר | vǎy·yə·ḏǎb·bêr} ‘and he spoke’, marking a past narrative action linked to the preceding laws.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet-bet-resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Leviticus 21:16
And the LORD spoke to Moses , saying,
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 21:16, so the Hebrew word וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (vayedaber) 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.21.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.16.W1.S1) and character.