Leviticus 21:17:1Lev.21.17.W1TAB
דַּבֵּ֥ר
daber
“speak”
- Transliteration
- da-BER
- Extended
- dah-BEHR
- IPA
- /dab.ˈbeːr/
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 le-MOR
- sentence
da-BER el-a-ha-RON le-MOR ISH miz-zar-a-KHA le-do-ro-TAM a-SHER yih-YEH VO MUM LO yik-RAV le-hak-RIV LE-khem e-lo-HAV
Exegesis
The verse opens with the Piel imperative of daber {דַּבֵּר | dabbēr} ‘Speak,’ introducing a formal command to Aaron.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“to speak, declare”
In context — Leviticus 21:17
Speak to Aaron, saying, “Any man from your descendants through their generations who has in him a defect shall not approach to offer the bread of his God .”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 21:17, so the Hebrew word דַּבֵּ֥ר (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.21.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.17.W1.S1) and character.