Numbers 24:13:17Num.24.13.W17TAB
אֲשֶׁר־יְדַבֵּ֥ר
asheryedaber
“whatever speaks”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-ye-da-BER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-yeh-da-BEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr.jədabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- whatever speaks
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-ye-da-BER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
a-SHER-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH o-TO a-da-BER
- sentence
im-yi-TEN-li ba-LAK me-LO bei-TO KE-sef ve-za-HAV LO u-KHAL la-a-VOR et-PI Ye-ho-VAH la-a-SOT to-VA O ra-A mi-li-BI a-SHER-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH o-TO a-da-BER
Exegesis
The relative clause ʾă-šer yə-dabbēr {אֲשֶׁר־יְדַבֵּר | ʾă-šer yə-dab-bēr} links to ʾă-dabbēr {אֲדַבֵּר | ʾă-dab-bēr}, framing Balaam’s commitment to speak solely what the LORD utters.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet-bet-resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Numbers 24:13
Even if Balak gave me the full contents of his house, silver and gold, I am not able to go beyond the mouth of the LORD to do good or evil from my own heart; what the LORD says, that I will speak.
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:13:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Numbers 24:13, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־יְדַבֵּ֥ר (asheryedaber) 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.24.13.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.13.W17.S1) and character.