Numbers 14:39:1Num.14.39.W1TAB
וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר
vayedaber
“and Moses spoke”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-da-BER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-da-BEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.dabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Moses 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 mo-SHEH
- clause
va-ye-da-BER mo-SHEH et-had-de-va-REEM ha-E-leh el-KOL-be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER mo-SHEH et-had-de-va-REEM ha-E-leh el-KOL-be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yit-ab-be-LU ha-AM me-OD
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayedabber {וַיְדַבֵּר | va-yə-dab-bēr} ‘and he spoke,’ which shifts the discourse into a past sequence.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet-bet-resh
“word, matter”
In context — Numbers 14:39
And Moses spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:39:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 14:39, so the Hebrew word וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר (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.14.39.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.39.W1.S1) and character.