Numbers 25:16:1Num.25.16.W1TAB
וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר
vayedaber
“And {he} spoke”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-da-BER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-da-BEER
- IPA
- /vaj.dabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- And {he} spoke
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
va-ye-da-BER
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH le-MOR
Exegesis
wayyidabber {וַיְדַבֵּר | wă-yiḏ-dăb-bĕr} ‘and He spoke’ employs the wayyiqtol VSO pattern to introduce direct divine discourse.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“to speak”
In context — Numbers 25:16
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying .
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 25:16, so the Hebrew word וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (vayedaber) 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.25.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.16.W1.S1) and character.