Numbers 15:2:1Num.15.2.W1TAB
דַּבֵּר֙
daber
“Speak”
- Transliteration
- da-BER
- Extended
- dah-BEHR
- IPA
- /dabˈeːr/
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 KI ta-VO-u el-E-retz mo-shvo-TEI-khem a-SHER a-NI no-TEN la-KHEM
Exegesis
The imperative daber {דַּבֵּר֙ | dăbbēr} ‘speak’ initiates a divine command.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“to speak; declare”
In context — Numbers 15:2
Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them, “When you come into the land of your dwellings which I am giving to you.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 15:2, 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.15.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.2.W1.S1) and character.