Leviticus 23:9:1Lev.23.9.W1TAB
וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר
vahyehdahbber
“{And He} spoke”
- Transliteration
- vah-yeh-dahb-BER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-dahb-BEHR
- IPA
- /waj.ə.dab.ˈbeːr/
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
vah-yeh-dahb-BER
- phraseyour reading level
vah-yeh-dahb-BER Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
vah-yeh-dahb-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH leh-MOR
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayedabber {וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר | vā·yə·dáb·bēr} ‘and He spoke’, marking divine speech in priestly legislation.
Root and etymology
d-b-rDalet, Bet, Resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Leviticus 23:9
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 23:9, so the Hebrew word וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (vahyehdahbber) 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.23.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.9.W1.S1) and character.