Nehemiah 13:24:3Neh.13.24.W3TAB
מְדַבֵּ֣ר
medaber
“speaking”
- Transliteration
- me-da-BER
- Extended
- meh-dah-BEHR
- IPA
- /məðabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- speaking
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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
me-da-BER
- phraseyour reading level
me-da-BER ash-do-DIT
- clause
u-ve-ne-HEM kha-TSI me-da-BER ash-do-DIT ve-e-NAM ma-ki-RIM le-da-BER ye-hu-DIT
- sentence
u-ve-ne-HEM kha-TSI me-da-BER ash-do-DIT ve-e-NAM ma-ki-RIM le-da-BER ye-hu-DIT ve-khil-SHON AM va-AM
Exegesis
This is followed by the quantifier chatzi {חֲצִי | ḥă-ṣî} ‘half’, which modifies the Piel participle medabber {מְדַבֵּר | mə-ḏab-bēr} ‘speaking’, forming a participial clause that conveys habitual action.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“to speak”
In context — Nehemiah 13:24
Half of their children spoke Ashdodite , and they did not know how to speak Judean, but according to the language of each people .
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Nehemiah 13:24, so the Hebrew word מְדַבֵּ֣ר (medaber) 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 Neh.13.24.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.24.W3.S1) and character.