Numbers 16:5:1Num.16.5.W1TAB
וַיְדַבֵּר
vayedaber
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-da-BER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-da-BEHr
- IPA
- /vaj.dabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he said
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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Word in context
- word
va-ye-da-BER
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER el-KO-rakh ve-el-KAL-a-da-TO le-MOR
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive Piel imperfect form vay-yedabber {וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר | way-yə-ḏab-bēr} ‘and he spoke,’ introducing direct discourse.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“to speak, declare”
In context — Numbers 16:5
And he spoke to Korah and to all his congregation, saying, “In the morning the LORD will make known who belongs to Him and who is the holy one , and He will bring that person near to Himself; and whomever He chooses, He will bring near to Himself.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 16:5, so the Hebrew word וַיְדַבֵּר (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.16.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.5.W1.S1) and character.