דִּבֶּ֥ר

𐤃𐤁𐤓

diber

spoke

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

Deuteronomy 1:6 · Word #3

Lexicon H1696

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

Morphology HVpp3ms 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 m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular

SIBI-P1 H1696-21

he declared

Morphological NotesVerb, Piel stem (intensive/active), perfect aspect, 3rd person masculine singular. The Piel form of דבר commonly denotes deliberate, formal, or authoritative speech.
Rendering RationaleThe form דִּבֶּר is Piel perfect 3rd masculine singular, indicating an intensive or deliberate act of speaking by a male subject: "he declared." The rendering "declared" reflects the Piel stem’s force of purposeful, articulated speech, preserving both the root’s sense of ordered expression and the masculine singular morphology.

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

Words from Root דבר (to arrange, to order, to speak, to declare, to 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