Deuteronomy 20:5:1Deut.20.5.W1PAT

וְדִבְּר֣וּ

vedibroo

spoke

Transliteration
ve-dib-ROO
Extended
veh-dib-ROO
IPA
/və.dibˈruː/

Meaning by language

English
spoke
French
parlèrent
Spanish
hablaron
Portuguese
falaram
German
sprachen
Russian
сказали
Arabic-Simplified
تَكَلَّمُوا
Hindi
बोले
Chinese-Simplified
说了
Korean
말했다
Indonesian
berkata
Bengali
বলল
Tagalog
nagsalita
Swahili
wakasema
Amharic
ተናገሩ
Yoruba
sọ
Igbo
kwuru
Twi
kasa
Ewe
gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + דִבְּ + ר֣וּ
ve + dib + roo
vedibroo

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Daletd as in door
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-dib-ROO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-dib-ROO ha-shoh-TREEM

  3. clause

    ve-dib-ROO ha-shoh-TREEM el-ha-AM le-MOR mi-ha-ISH a-SHER ba-NA BAI-yit-kha-DASH ve-LO kha-na-KHO ye-LEKH ve-ya-SHOV le-VEI-to

  4. sentence

    ve-dib-ROO ha-shoh-TREEM el-ha-AM le-MOR mi-ha-ISH a-SHER ba-NA BAI-yit-kha-DASH ve-LO kha-na-KHO ye-LEKH ve-ya-SHOV le-VEI-to pen-ya-MOOT ba-mil-kha-MAH ve-ISH a-KHER yakh-ne-KHE-nu

In contextDeuteronomy 20:5

the officers spoke to the people saying who is the man who built a new house and not dedicated it go and return to his house lest he die in the battle and a man another dedicate it

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 20:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 20:5, so the Hebrew word וְדִבְּר֣וּ (vedibroo) 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.20.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.5.W1.S1) and character.