דִּבְּר֤וּ

𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤅

diberu

have spoken

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

2 Chronicles 10:9 · Word #12

Lexicon H1696

Lemmaדָבַר
Lemma (Paleo)𐤃𐤁𐤓
Transliterationdâbar
Strong'sH1696
In-contexthave spoken

Morphology HVpp3cp All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan p — Piel — Intensive active
Conjugation p — Perfect — Completed action
Person 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender c — Common — Common (both genders)
Number p — Plural — Plural

SIBI-P1 H1696-24

they have declared

Rootדבר (d-b-r)
Core Meaningsarranging, ordering, speaking, declaring, articulating
Semantic Rangeto speak, declare, proclaim, command, promise, converse, pronounce, articulate, subdue (rarely)
Conceptual Significanceדבר is central to biblical theology as the root behind "word" (דָּבָר). Divine speech effects reality, conveys covenant, law, and prophecy; thus "they have declared" can carry weighty implications of authority, testimony, or proclamation within Israel’s narrative.
Morphological NotesPiel perfect, 3rd person common plural (HVpp3cp). The Piel stem is the standard conjugation for "to speak" in Biblical Hebrew and often conveys an active, emphatic, or declarative force.
Rendering RationaleThe Piel stem of דבר carries the active, declarative sense of speaking forth or articulating in an ordered way. Rendering it as "they have declared" reflects the intensive/active nuance of the Piel and preserves the 3rd person common plural perfect form ("they have").

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

Words from Root דבר (arranging, ordering, speaking, declaring, articulating)

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