Deuteronomy 20:8:3Deut.20.8.W3PAT

לְדַבֵּ֣ר

ledaber

to speak

Transliteration
le-da-BER
Extended
leh-dah-BEHR
IPA
/lədabˈbeːr/

Meaning by language

English
to speak
French
parler
Spanish
hablar
Portuguese
falar
German
sprechen
Russian
говорить
Arabic-Simplified
للتكلم
Hindi
बोलना
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
말하다
Indonesian
berbicara
Bengali
বলতে
Tagalog
magsalita
Swahili
kusema
Amharic
ለመናገር
Yoruba
sọ
Igbo
ikwu
Twi
kasa
Ewe
gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + דַ + בֵּ֣ר
le + da + ber
ledaber

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
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

    le-da-BER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-da-BER el-ha-AM

  3. clause

    ve-yas-FU ha-SHO-teh-REEM le-da-BER el-ha-AM ve-am-RU mee-ha-ISH ha-ya-RE ve-RAKH hal-le-VAV ye-LEKH ve-ya-SHOV leh-VEI-to

  4. sentence

    ve-yas-FU ha-SHO-teh-REEM le-da-BER el-ha-AM ve-am-RU mee-ha-ISH ha-ya-RE ve-RAKH hal-le-VAV ye-LEKH ve-ya-SHOV leh-VEI-to ve-LO yi-MAS et-le-VAV e-KHA-v kil-va-VO

In contextDeuteronomy 20:8

the officers and continue to speak to the people and say which man the fearful and soft-hearted of heart go and return to his house and not melt of his brothers like his heart

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 20:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 20:8, so the Hebrew word לְדַבֵּ֣ר (ledaber) 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.20.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.8.W3.S1) and character.