Numbers 14:26:1Num.14.26.W1TAB
וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר
vayedaber
“And spoke”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-da-BER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-da-BEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.dabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- And 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
va-ye-da-BER
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH ve-el-a-ha-RON le-MOR
Exegesis
The verse begins with vayedabber {וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר | way·yədabber} ‘and he spoke’, a vav-consecutive Piʿel imperfect that initiates divine discourse.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet-bet-resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Numbers 14:26
And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying .
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 14:26, so the Hebrew word וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (vayedaber) 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.14.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.26.W1.S1) and character.