Zechariah 13:3:14Zech.13.3.W14TAB
דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ
dibbarta
“you spoke”
- Transliteration
- dib-BAR-ta
- Extended
- dihb-BAHR-tah
- IPA
- /dibˈbartɑː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you spoke
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
dib-BAR-ta
- phraseyour reading level
SHE-ker dib-BAR-ta
- clause
ve-ha-YA ki-yin-na-VE ISH OD ve-am-RU E-lav a-VIV ve-i-MO yol-DA-v LO tikh-YE KI SHE-ker dib-BAR-ta be-SHEM ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ki-yin-na-VE ISH OD ve-am-RU E-lav a-VIV ve-i-MO yol-DA-v LO tikh-YE KI SHE-ker dib-BAR-ta be-SHEM ye-ho-VAH u-de-ka-RU-hu a-vi-HU ve-i-MO yol-DA-v be-hin-na-VO
Exegesis
The main clause lōʾ tiḥyeh {לֹא תִּחְיֶה | lōʾ tiḥ-yeh} ‘you shall not live’ delivers the verdict, followed by the causal ki še-qer dibbārtā {כִּי שֶׁקֶר דִּבַּרְתָּ | kî še-qer dĭb-băr-tā} ‘for you have spoken falsehood’, with sheqer {שֶׁקֶר | še-qer} bearing the semantic weight of deception.
In context — Zechariah 13:3
And it will come to pass, when anyone again prophesies, that his father and his mother who bore him shall say to him, “You shall not live, for you have spoken falsehood in the name of the LORD .” And his father and his mother who bore him shall pierce him through as he prophesies.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 13:3:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Zechariah 13:3, so the Hebrew word דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ (dibbarta) 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 Zech.13.3.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.13.3.W14.S1) and character.