Genesis 20:8:6Gen.20.8.W6PAT

וַיְדַבֵּ֛ר

vayedaber

spoke

Transliteration
va-ye-da-BER
Extended
vah-yeh-dah-BEHR
IPA
/vajəðabˈbeːr/

Meaning by language

English
spoke
French
parla
Spanish
habló
Portuguese
falou
German
sprach
Russian
говорил
Arabic-Simplified
تَكَلَّمَ
Hindi
कहा
Chinese-Simplified
讲了
Korean
말하였다
Indonesian
mengatakan
Bengali
বলল
Tagalog
nagsalita
Swahili
akasema
Amharic
ተናገረ
Yoruba
sọ
Igbo
kwuru
Twi
kaa
Ewe
gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יְ + דַ + בֵּ֛ר
va + ye + da + ber
vayedaber

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-da-BER

  2. clause

    va-yash-KEM a-vi-ME-lekh ba-BO-ker va-yik-RA le-KHOL-a-va-DAV va-ye-da-BER et-khol-ha-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le be-oz-NEI-hem

  3. sentence

    va-yash-KEM a-vi-ME-lekh ba-BO-ker va-yik-RA le-KHOL-a-va-DAV va-ye-da-BER et-khol-ha-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le be-oz-NEI-hem va-yir-U ha-a-na-SHIM me-OD

In contextGenesis 20:8

rose early in the morning Abimelech called to all his servants spoke all the words these in their ears the men were afraid very

About this coordinate

Genesis 20:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 20:8, so the Hebrew word וַיְדַבֵּ֛ר (vayedaber) 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 Gen.20.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.8.W6.S1) and character.