Numbers 14:37:4Num.14.37.W4TAB
דִבַּת־הָאָ֖רֶץ
dibathaaretz
“the report of the land”
- Transliteration
- di-BAT-ha-A-retz
- Extended
- dih-BAAT-hah-AA-retz
- IPA
- /dib.baˈt.haːˈʔaːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- the report of the land
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
di-BAT-ha-A-retz
- phraseyour reading level
mo-tzi-EI di-BAT-ha-A-retz
- clause
va-ya-MU-tu ha-a-na-SHIM mo-tzi-EI di-BAT-ha-A-retz ra-AH
- sentence
va-ya-MU-tu ha-a-na-SHIM mo-tzi-EI di-BAT-ha-A-retz ra-AH ba-ma-ge-FAH lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The participial clause mōṣēʾê dibbat-hā’āreṣ rā‘āh {מוֹצִאֵי דִבַּת־הָאָ֖רֶץ רָעָה | mōṣēʾê dibbat-hā’āreṣ rā‘āh} functions as a descriptive relative clause, with the construct chain of dibbat {דִבַּת | dibbat} ‘report’ and hā’āreṣ {הָאָ֖רֶץ | hā’āreṣ} ‘land’, modified by rā‘āh {רָעָה | rā‘āh} ‘evil’, specifying the content of their accusation.
Root and etymology
d-b-bd-b-b
“to speak ill”
In context — Numbers 14:37
And the men who brought out an evil report of the land died by the plague before the LORD .
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:37:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 14:37, so the Hebrew word דִבַּת־הָאָ֖רֶץ (dibathaaretz) 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.14.37.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.37.W4.S1) and character.