Malachi 3:13:7Mal.3.13.W7TAB
מַה־נִּדְבַּ֖רְנוּ
manidabbarnu
“what have we spoken”
- Transliteration
- MA-ni-dab-BAR-nu
- Extended
- MAH-nih-dahb-BAR-noo
- IPA
- /mah.nid.dabˈbar.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- what have we spoken
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
MA-ni-dab-BAR-nu
- clause
va-a-mar-TEM MA-ni-dab-BAR-nu a-LE-kha
- sentence
kha-ZE-ku a-LAI dib-re-KHEM a-MAR ye-ho-VAH va-a-mar-TEM MA-ni-dab-BAR-nu a-LE-kha
Exegesis
The Nifal perfect mahnidbarnu {מַה־נִּדְבַּרְנוּ | mah-nidbārnû} conveys a reflexive question, and the final aleykha {עָלֶיךָ | ʿāleykha} forms a chiastic parallelism with alay, heightening the rhetorical tension between divine rebuke and human denial.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet-bet-resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Malachi 3:13
"You have spoken forcefully against Me," says the LORD, "yet you say, 'What have we said against You?'"
About this coordinate
Malachi 3:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Malachi 3:13, so the Hebrew word מַה־נִּדְבַּ֖רְנוּ (manidabbarnu) 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 Mal.3.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Mal.3.13.W7.S1) and character.