Numbers 23:19:11Num.23.19.W11TAB
וְדִבֵּ֖ר
vedibber
“or has he spoken”
- Transliteration
- ve-dib-BER
- Extended
- veh-dib-BEHR
- IPA
- /vədibˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- or has he spoken
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-dib-BER
- clause
ha-HU a-MAR ve-LO ya-a-SE ve-dib-BER ve-LO ye-ki-me-NA
- sentence
LO ISH EL vi-khaz-ZEV u-VEN-a-DAM ve-yit-ne-KHAM ha-HU a-MAR ve-LO ya-a-SE ve-dib-BER ve-LO ye-ki-me-NA
Exegesis
The sequence of perfect verbs with vav-consecutive—ʾāmar {אָמַר | ʾā-mar} ‘has spoken’ and we-dibbēr {וְדִבֵּר | wə-dib-bēr} ‘has declared’—followed by imperfect clauses yaʿăśeh {יַעֲשֶה | ya-ʿă-śeh} ‘will do’ and yiqqimennāh {יִקִּימֶנָּה | yiq-qim-en-nāh} ‘will establish it’, reinforces the inseparability of divine word and action.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet-bet-resh
“word, matter, thing”
In context — Numbers 23:19
God is not a human that He should speak falsely , nor a son of man that He should relent. Has He spoken, and will He not do it? Or has He declared it, and will He not bring it to pass?
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:19:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 23:19, so the Hebrew word וְדִבֵּ֖ר (vedibber) 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.23.19.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.19.W11.S1) and character.