Numbers 19:2:7Num.19.2.W7TAB
דַּבֵּ֣ר
daber
“Speak”
- Transliteration
- da-BER
- Extended
- dah-BEHR
- 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
- phraseyour reading level
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-yik-KHU e-LEI-kha fa-RAH a-du-MAH te-mi-MAH a-SHER EIN-bah MUM a-SHER LO-a-LAH a-LEI-ha OL
- sentence
ZOT khu-KAT ha-to-RAH a-SHER-tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH le-MOR da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-yik-KHU e-LEI-kha fa-RAH a-du-MAH te-mi-MAH a-SHER EIN-bah MUM a-SHER LO-a-LAH a-LEI-ha OL
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lê’môr {לֵאמֹר | lê’môr} ‘to say’ introduces the direct speech formula dabber ’el bənê yiśrā’ēl wayyikəḥû ’êlêḵā {דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיִקְח֣וּ אֵלֶיךָ | dabber ’el bənê yiśrā’ēl wayyikəḥû ’êlêḵā} ‘speak to the sons of Israel and let them take for you’, where the Hebrew imperfect conveys a jussive sense.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“to speak, declare”
In context — Numbers 19:2
This is the statute of the instruction which the LORD has commanded, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, that they may take for you a red heifer , perfect, in which there is no blemish and upon which no yoke has ever come.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 19:2, so the Hebrew word דַּבֵּ֣ר (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.19.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.2.W7.S1) and character.