Genesis 23:13:1Gen.23.13.W1PAT
וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר
vayedabber
“he spoke”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-dab-BER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-dahb-BEHR
- IPA
- /waj.ða.ˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- he spoke
- French
- il parla
- Spanish
- habló
- Portuguese
- falou
- German
- sprach
- Russian
- сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وتكلّم
- Hindi
- उसने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他说
- Korean
- 그가 말하였다
- Indonesian
- berbicara
- Bengali
- তিনি বললেন
- Tagalog
- at nagsalita
- Swahili
- akasema
- Amharic
- ተናገረ
- Yoruba
- ó sọ̀rọ̀
- Igbo
- o kwuru
- Twi
- ɔkasae
- Ewe
- eƒo nu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-dab-BER
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-dab-BER el-ef-RON
- clause
va-ye-dab-BER el-ef-RON be-az-NEI am-ha-A-rets le-a-MOR AKH im-a-TA LU she-ma-E-ni
- sentence
va-ye-dab-BER el-ef-RON be-az-NEI am-ha-A-rets le-a-MOR AKH im-a-TA LU she-ma-E-ni na-TA-ti KE-sef ha-sa-DE KAKH mi-ME-ni ve-ek-be-RA et-ME-ti sha-MA
In context — Genesis 23:13
he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land saying only if you please hear me I give silver of the field take from me I will bury my dead one there
About this coordinate
Genesis 23:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 23:13, so the Hebrew word וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר (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 Gen.23.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.23.13.W1.S1) and character.