Deuteronomy 2:17:1Deut.2.17.W1PAT

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר

vayedabber

spoke

Transliteration
va-ye-dab-BER
Extended
vah-yeh-dab-BEHR
IPA
/vaj.ðabˈbeːr/

Meaning by language

English
spoke
French
parla
Spanish
habló
Portuguese
falou
German
sprach
Russian
говорил
Arabic-Simplified
تحدث
Hindi
बोला
Chinese-Simplified
说了
Korean
말했다
Indonesian
berbicara
Bengali
বললেন
Tagalog
nagsalita
Swahili
aliongea
Amharic
ተናገረ
Yoruba
sọ̀rọ̀
Igbo
kwuru
Twi
kasae
Ewe
gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יְ + דַב + בֵּ֥ר
va + ye + dab + ber
vayedabber

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Daletd as in door
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-dab-BER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-dab-BER Ye-ho-VAH

  3. sentence

    va-ye-dab-BER Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI le-MOR

In contextDeuteronomy 2:17

LORD spoke to me to say

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 2:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 2:17, so the Hebrew word וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (vayedabber) 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 Deut.2.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.2.17.W1.S1) and character.