וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר

𐤅/𐤉𐤃𐤁𐤓

vayedaber

and 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

Exodus 20:1 · Word #1

Lexicon H1696

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

Morphology HC/Vpw3ms All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan p — Piel — Intensive active
Conjugation w — Sequential Imperfect — Imperfect with waw-consecutive, narrating past events
Person 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular

SIBI-P1 H1696-67

And he spoke forth

Morphological NotesConjunction ו (waw-consecutive) + Piel imperfect 3ms of דבר; narrative past tense form (wayyiqtol), masculine singular subject.
Rendering RationaleThe root דבר carries the idea of arranging or setting words in order, hence speaking or declaring. The form is Piel waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, so the rendering includes "he" and reflects the intensive/declarative force of the Piel stem with "spoke forth."

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Words from Root דבר (to arrange, to order, to speak, to declare, to articulate words)

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