Numbers 12:2:4Num.12.2.W4TAB
דִּבֶּ֣ר
diber
“has he spoken”
- Transliteration
- di-BER
- Extended
- dih-BEHR
- IPA
- /dibˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- has he spoken
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
di-BER
- phraseyour reading level
di-BER Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-MRU ha-RAK akh-be-MO-sheh di-BER Ye-ho-VAH ha-LO gam-ba-NU di-BER
- sentence
va-yo-MRU ha-RAK akh-be-MO-sheh di-BER Ye-ho-VAH ha-LO gam-ba-NU di-BER va-yish-MA Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Diber {דִּבֶּ֣ר | dibber} in the Piel perfect denotes direct communication and is mirrored by banu {בָּנוּ | bānû} ‘through us’ to form a chiastic structure (Moses… us).
Root and etymology
Rootdalet-bet-resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Numbers 12:2
And they said, “Has the LORD spoken only through Moses ? Has He not also spoken through us?” And the LORD heard it.
About this coordinate
Numbers 12:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 12:2, so the Hebrew word דִּבֶּ֣ר (diber) 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 Num.12.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.12.2.W4.S1) and character.