Proverbs 10:18:5Prov.10.18.W5TAB
דִ֝בָּ֗ה
dibba
“slander or bad report”
- Transliteration
- dib-BA
- Extended
- dihb-BAA
- IPA
- /dibˈbaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- slander or bad report
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
dib-BA
- phraseyour reading level
u-mo-TSI dib-BA
- clause
u-mo-TSI dib-BA HU khe-SIL
- sentence
me-kha-SE sin-A sif-TE-sha-KER u-mo-TSI dib-BA HU khe-SIL
Exegesis
The waw-prefixed Hiphil participle umotzi {וּמוֹצִ֥א | ū-mō-ṣî} ‘bringing out’ introduces a parallel clause, with dibbah {דִּבָּה | ḏî-b-bā} ‘slander’ as its object.
Root and etymology
Rootd-b-b
“to go about, backbite”
In context — Proverbs 10:18
One who covers hatred has lips of falsehood, and one who brings out slander is a fool.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 10:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 10:18, so the Hebrew word דִ֝בָּ֗ה (dibba) 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 Prov.10.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.10.18.W5.S1) and character.