Numbers 8:2:1Num.8.2.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-a-ha-RON ve-a-mar-TA e-LAV
- sentence
da-BER el-a-ha-RON ve-a-mar-TA e-LAV be-ha-a-LOT-kha et-ha-ne-ROT el-MUL pe-NEI ha-me-no-RAH ya-I-ru shiv-AT ha-ne-ROT
Exegesis
The verse opens with the Piel imperative dabber {דַּבֵּר | dab-bēr} ‘speak’, indicating a direct divine command.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–bet–resh
“to speak”
In context — Numbers 8:2
Speak to Aaron and say to him, “When you raise the lamps , the seven lamps shall shine toward the front of the lampstand .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 8:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 8:2, 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.8.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.8.2.W1.S1) and character.