Numbers 6:2:1Num.6.2.W1TAB
דַּבֵּר֙
daber
“Speak”
- Transliteration
- da-BER
- Extended
- dah-BEER
- IPA
- /daˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- Speak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
da-BER
- clause
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ISH o-i-SHAH KI yaf-LEE lin-DOR NE-der na-ZIR le-ha-ZIR la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The command daber {דַּבֵּר | dabbēr} ‘speak’ in the Piel imperative conveys divine authority.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“to speak”
In context — Numbers 6:2
Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, “If a man or a woman distinctly makes a vow of a Nazirite to set himself or herself apart to the LORD .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 6:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 6:2, so the Hebrew word דַּבֵּר֙ (daber) 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.6.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.6.2.W1.S1) and character.