Numbers 13:32:2Num.13.32.W2TAB
דִּבַּ֤ת
dibat
“an evil report”
- Transliteration
- di-BAT
- Extended
- dee-BAHT
- IPA
- /diˈbat/
Meaning by language
- English
- an evil report
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
di-BAT
- phraseyour reading level
di-BAT ha-A-retz
- clause
va-yo-TSI-u di-BAT ha-A-retz a-SHER ta-RU o-TAH el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-MOR
- sentence
va-yo-TSI-u di-BAT ha-A-retz a-SHER ta-RU o-TAH el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-MOR ha-A-retz a-SHER a-var-NU BAH la-TUR o-TAH E-retz o-KHE-let yosh-ve-HA HU ve-KHOL-ha-AM a-SHER-ra-I-nu be-to-KHA an-SHEI mi-DOT
Exegesis
The construct dibbat ha’aretz {דִּבַּת הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ | dib-bat hā-’ā-reṣ} serves as the direct object, defining the report as malicious.
Root and etymology
d-b-bdalet–bet–bet
“whisper, slander”
In context — Numbers 13:32
And they brought out a slanderous report of the land which they had spied out to the sons of Israel, saying, “The land which we have passed through to scout it out is a land devouring its inhabitants , and all the people whom we saw in its midst are men of great stature .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:32:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 13:32, so the Hebrew word דִּבַּ֤ת (dibat) 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.13.32.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.32.W2.S1) and character.