Numbers 20:8:8Num.20.8.W8TAB
וְדִבַּרְתֶּ֧ם
vedibbartem
“and you shall speak”
- Transliteration
- ve-dib-bar-TEM
- Extended
- veh-dib-bar-TEM
- IPA
- /vədib.barˈtem/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall speak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-dib-bar-TEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-dib-bar-TEM el-ha-SE-la
- clause
KAKH ET-ha-ma-TEH ve-hak-HEL ET-ha-e-DAH a-TA ve-a-ha-RON a-KHI-kha ve-dib-bar-TEM el-ha-SE-la le-ey-NEY-hem ve-na-TAN mei-MAV
- sentence
KAKH ET-ha-ma-TEH ve-hak-HEL ET-ha-e-DAH a-TA ve-a-ha-RON a-KHI-kha ve-dib-bar-TEM el-ha-SE-la le-ey-NEY-hem ve-na-TAN mei-MAV ve-ho-tse-TA la-HEM MA-yim min-ha-SE-la ve-hish-KI-ta ET-ha-e-DA ve-ET-be-i-RAM
Exegesis
Wə-dibbartem {וְדִבַּרְתֶּם | wə-dibbartem}, a Piel perfect with vav-consecutive, issues a new directive to Moses and Aaron.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet-bet-resh
“to speak”
In context — Numbers 20:8
Take the staff and assemble the congregation—you and Aaron your brother—and speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will release its water. You shall bring water out for them from the rock and provide the congregation and their livestock water to drink.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:8:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 20:8, so the Hebrew word וְדִבַּרְתֶּ֧ם (vedibbartem) 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.20.8.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.8.W8.S1) and character.