Proverbs 8:6:3Prov.8.6.W3TAB
אֲדַבֵּ֑ר
adaber
“I will speak”
- Transliteration
- a-da-BER
- Extended
- ah-dah-BEER
- IPA
- /ʔăðaˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will speak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| 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-da-BER
- clause
shim-E-U ki-ne-gi-DIM a-da-BER
- sentence
shim-E-U ki-ne-gi-DIM a-da-BER u-mif-TAKH se-fa-TAI me-sha-RIM
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּֽי־ | kî} ‘for’ introduces a causal clause headed by adabber {אֲדַבֵּ֑ר | ʼădabbēr} ‘I will speak’ with negidim {נְגִידִ֣ים | nəgîdîm} ‘noble things’ as its object.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“to speak”
In context — Proverbs 8:6
Listen, for I will speak noble things , and the opening of my lips will reveal what is right .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 8:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 8:6, so the Hebrew word אֲדַבֵּ֑ר (adaber) 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.8.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.8.6.W3.S1) and character.