Leviticus 22:26:1Lev.22.26.W1TAB
וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר
vayedabber
“spoke”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-dab-BER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-dah-BEHR
- IPA
- /waj.jə.dabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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-dab-BER
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-dab-BER Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-dab-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH leh-MOR
Exegesis
The clause begins with the vav-consecutive Piel imperfect vayyedabber {וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר | vayyəḏabbēr} ‘and he spoke’, marking sequential divine action.
Root and etymology
d-b-rDalet Bet Resh
“to speak or command”
In context — Leviticus 22:26
And the LORD spoke to Moses , saying,
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 22:26, so the Hebrew word וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (vayedabber) 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.22.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.26.W1.S1) and character.