Numbers 23:12:11Num.23.12.W11TAB
לְדַבֵּֽר׃
ledaber
“to speak”
- Transliteration
- le-da-BER
- Extended
- leh-da-BEHR
- IPA
- /lədabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to speak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
le-da-BER
- clause
ha-LO ET a-SHER ya-SIM Ye-ho-VAH be-FI o-TO esh-MOR le-da-BER
- sentence
va-YA-an va-yo-MAR ha-LO ET a-SHER ya-SIM Ye-ho-VAH be-FI o-TO esh-MOR le-da-BER
Exegesis
The construction ’ōtô ’eš-môr lə-dabbēr {אֹת֥וֹ אֶשְׁמֹ֖ר לְדַבֵּֽר} ‘it I will keep to speak’ places the object ‘it’ before the verbs for emphasis, highlighting the prophet’s obligation to preserve and proclaim the exact message.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet-bet-resh
“word, matter, thing”
In context — Numbers 23:12
And he answered and said, “Is it not what the LORD puts in my mouth that I must guard faithfully to speak?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:12:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 23:12, so the Hebrew word לְדַבֵּֽר׃ (ledaber) 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.23.12.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.12.W11.S1) and character.