Leviticus 22:18:1Lev.22.18.W1TAB
דַּבֵּ֨ר
dabber
“Speak”
- Transliteration
- dab-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
dab-BER
- phraseyour reading level
dab-BER el-a-ha-RON
- clause
dab-BER el-a-ha-RON veh-el-ba-NAV veh-EL kol-be-NAY yis-ra-EL veh-a-mar-TA ah-le-HEM
- sentence
dab-BER el-a-ha-RON veh-el-ba-NAV veh-EL kol-be-NAY yis-ra-EL veh-a-mar-TA ah-le-HEM ISH ISH mi-BEIT yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER be-yis-ra-EL a-SHER yak-RIV kor-ba-NO le-kol-nid-re-HEM u-le-kol-nid-vo-TAM a-sher-yak-ri-VOO la-ye-ho-VAH le-o-LAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the imperative verb dabber {דַּבֵּ֨ר | dabbēr} ‘speak,’ marking a direct divine command.
Root and etymology
“to speak, declare”
In context — Leviticus 22:18
Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: Any man, any man from the house of Israel or from the foreigner in Israel who brings his offering for all their vows or for all their freewill offerings that they bring to the LORD as a burnt offering .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 22:18, so the Hebrew word דַּבֵּ֨ר (dabber) 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.22.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.18.W1.S1) and character.