Numbers 15:18:1Num.15.18.W1TAB
דַּבֵּר֙
daber
“Speak”
- Transliteration
- da-BER
- Extended
- dah-BEER
- IPA
- /dabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- Speak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
da-BER
- clause
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM be-vo-a-KHEM el-ha-A-retz a-SHER a-NI me-VI et-KHEM sha-MAH
Exegesis
The command begins with dabbēr {דַּבֵּר֙ | dabbēr} as a Piel imperative, establishing a divine instruction.
Root and etymology
d-b-rDalet Bet Resh
“to speak”
In context — Numbers 15:18
Speak to the Israelites and say to them, When you enter the land that I am bringing you into,
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 15:18, so the Hebrew word דַּבֵּר֙ (daber) 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.15.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.18.W1.S1) and character.