Numbers 16:26:1Num.16.26.W1TAB
וַיֵּדַבֵּר
vayedaber
“and he spoke”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-da-BER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-dah-BEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.jeː.dabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER el-ha-e-DAH le-MOR SU-ru NA me-AL o-ha-LEI ha-a-na-SHIM ha-re-sha-EEM ha-e-LEH ve-AL-TIG-u be-KHOL-a-sher la-HEM pen-ti-SA-fu be-KHOL-kha-to-TAM
Exegesis
Vayedabber {וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר | wayyəḏabber} ‘and he spoke’ introduces direct speech after a vav-consecutive imperfect, a standard narrative device.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“to speak, declare”
In context — Numbers 16:26
And he spoke to the congregation, saying, “Turn aside now from the tents of these wicked ones , and do not touch anything that belongs to them, lest you be swept away because of all their sins.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 16:26, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּדַבֵּר (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.16.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.26.W1.S1) and character.