Leviticus 21:24:1Lev.21.24.W1TAB
וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר
vayeddaber
“{And He} spoke”
- Transliteration
- va-yed-da-BER
- Extended
- vah-yed-da-BEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.daˈbeːr/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yed-da-BER
- phraseyour reading level
va-yed-da-BER mo-SHEH
- clause
va-yed-da-BER mo-SHEH ehl-a-ha-RON veh-ehl-ba-NAV
- sentence
va-yed-da-BER mo-SHEH ehl-a-ha-RON veh-ehl-ba-NAV veh-ehl-kohl-beh-NEE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The narrative verb vayedabber {וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר | va-ye-dab-ber} ‘and he spoke’ in Piel imperfect with a vav-consecutive foregrounds Moses’ authoritative announcement.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־רdalet-bet-resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Leviticus 21:24
Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 21:24, so the Hebrew word וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (vayeddaber) 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.21.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.24.W1.S1) and character.