Genesis 23:8:1Gen.23.8.W1PAT

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר

vayedabber

he spoke

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

Meaning by language

English
he spoke
French
il parla
Spanish
habló
Portuguese
falou
German
sprach
Russian
говорил
Arabic-Simplified
وَتَكَلَّمَ
Hindi
उसने कहा
Chinese-Simplified
讲话
Korean
말하였다
Indonesian
ia berbicara
Bengali
সে বলল
Tagalog
at nagsalita
Swahili
akasema
Amharic
ተናገረ
Yoruba
ó sọ̀rọ̀
Igbo
o kwuru
Twi
ɔkasae
Ewe
eƒo nu

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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 it-TAM

  3. clause

    va-ye-dab-BER it-TAM le-MOR

  4. sentence

    va-ye-dab-BER it-TAM le-MOR im-YESH et-naf-she-KHEM li-ke-BOR et-ME-ti mil-le-fa-NAI she-ma-U-ni u-fig-u-LI be-ef-RON ben-TSO-khar

In contextGenesis 23:8

he spoke with them saying if it is your desire to bury my dead one from before me hear me intercede for me with Ephron son of Zohar

About this coordinate

Genesis 23:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 23:8, 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 Gen.23.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.23.8.W1.S1) and character.