וְ/דִבַּרְתָּ֨

𐤅/𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤕

vedibareta

and you shall speak

a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.

H1696

1 Chronicles 21:10 · Word #2

Lexicon H1696

Lemmaדָבַר
Lemma (Paleo)𐤃𐤁𐤓
Transliterationdâbar
Strong'sH1696
In-contextand you shall speak

Morphology HC/Vpq2ms All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan p — Piel — Intensive active
Conjugation q — Sequential Perfect — Perfect with waw-consecutive, continuing a narrative
Person 2 — 2nd person — Second person ("you")
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular

SIBI-P1 H1696-73

and you shall declare

Rootדבר (d-b-r)
Core Meaningsarrange, order, speak, declare, communicate
Semantic Rangeto speak, declare, command, pronounce, converse, promise, teach, recount, communicate authoritatively
Conceptual Significanceדבר is a central verb for covenantal communication—YHWH speaks, commands, and reveals, and Israel is commanded to speak His words. It underscores the ordered, intentional nature of divine and covenantal speech, highlighting the power of spoken words to instruct, bind, and shape communal faithfulness.
Morphological NotesConjunction וְ + Piel perfect 2ms of דבר (HC/Vpq2ms). The Piel stem gives an intensive or declarative nuance. Though morphologically perfect, with prefixed waw it often carries a future or sequential sense in context.
Rendering RationaleThe root דבר carries the sense of arranging or setting words in order, hence speaking or declaring. The Piel stem intensifies this into deliberate or emphatic speech (“declare”). The form is conjunction waw + Piel perfect 2nd masculine singular, commonly functioning as a sequential future, hence “and you shall declare,” addressing a single male individual.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root דבר (arrange, order, speak, declare, communicate)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H1696-01 adaber I will declare
H1696-02 adaberah Let me speak forth
H1697-01 badavar in the word

Word Usage (1144 occurrences of H1696)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 8:15 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר vayedaber And God spoke
Genesis 12:4 דִּבֶּ֤ר diber had spoken
Genesis 16:13 הַ/דֹּבֵ֣ר hadover who spoke