Numbers 16:20:1Num.16.20.W1TAB
וַיְדַבֵּ֧ר
vayedaber
“and spoke”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-da-BER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-da-BEHr
- IPA
- /vaj.daˈbeːr/
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 narrative opens with the vav consecutive Piel imperfect vayedabber {וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר | va-yə-ddā-ḇēr} ‘and He spoke’, which continues the narrative flow.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“to speak, declare”
In context — Numbers 16:20
Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying .
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 16:20, so the Hebrew word וַיְדַבֵּ֧ר (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.16.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.20.W1.S1) and character.