וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר

𐤅/𐤉𐤃𐤁𐤓

vayedaber

And He 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

Leviticus 21:16 · Word #1

Lexicon H1696

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

Rootדבר (d-b-r)
Core Meaningsto arrange, to order, to speak, to declare, to articulate words
Semantic Rangeto speak, declare, command, pronounce, converse, promise, articulate, subdue (rarely in a destructive sense)
Conceptual Significanceדבר in the Piel is the primary verb for authoritative speech in the Hebrew Bible, frequently introducing divine revelation. It underscores the ordered, intentional nature of speech—especially when יהוה "speaks," conveying covenantal instruction and creative authority.
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."

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

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
H1697-02 badevarim in the spoken-matters
H1698-01 badever by the destroying plague
H1687-01 badevir in the oracle-shrine
H4057-01 bamidebar in the driving-wilderness
H1696-03 bedaber in speaking forth
H1696-04 bedaberam in their declaring
H1696-05 bedaberekhem in your declaring
H1696-06 bedaberi in my declaring
H1696-07 bedabero in his speaking
H1697-03 bedavar in a spoken matter
H1696-08 bedaverekha in your speaking
H1698-02 bedever in pestilence
H1697-04 bediverey in the words of
H1697-05 bedivereykhem with your words
H4057-02 bemidebar in the driven pasture-land of
H1697-06 bidevar in the spoken-word-of
H1697-07 bidevarayv in his spoken-words
H1697-08 bidevarekha in your spoken word
H1697-09 bidevareykha in your words
H1697-10 bidevarim in spoken matters
H1697-11 bidevaro by his spoken-word
H1696-09 daber Speak forth!
H1696-10 daberekha you have declared
H1696-11 daberekhem he declared to you (masculine plural)
H1696-12 daberi Speak forth!
H1696-13 dabero declare to him
H1696-14 daberu Speak forth, you men!
H1697-12 davar a spoken-word
H1705-01 daverat Daberath (Word-Place)
H1696-15 davur uttered (masculine singular)
H1697-13 devar word-of
H1697-14 devaray my words
H1697-15 devarayikhe your spoken-words (feminine singular)
H1697-16 devarayv his spoken-words
H1697-17 devarekha your spoken word
H1697-18 devarenu our word
H1697-19 devareyha her spoken-matters
H1697-20 devareykha your spoken-words
H1697-21 devari my spoken-word
H1697-22 devarim spoken-words
H1697-23 devaro his spoken-word
H1698-03 dever destroying pestilence
H1688-01 devir Word-Place (Debir)
H1688-02 devirah Debir-ward
H1683-01 devorah Bee-woman
H1696-16 dibarenu we have declared
H1696-17 dibareta you (masculine singular) have declared
H1696-18 dibarete you (feminine) have declared
H1696-19 dibaretem you men have declared
H1696-20 dibareti I have declared
H1696-21 diber he declared
H1696-22 diberah she has declared
H1696-23 dibero he has declared it
H1696-24 diberu they have declared
H1700-01 diverat matter-of
H1700-02 diverati my word-matter
H1697-24 diverey words of
H1697-25 divereyhem their spoken-matters
H1697-26 divereykhem your spoken matters
H1696-25 dover one speaking
H1696-26 doverey speakers of
H1696-27 doverim those who are speaking
H1696-28 doverot women who are speaking
H1697-27 dvr a spoken word
H1696-29 dvrty I have declared
H1697-28 dvrv his spoken word
H1697-29 dvrvv his spoken matters
H1697-30 dvry my spoken-word
H1697-31 dvrykh your spoken-words
H1697-32 dvryv his spoken-words
H1697-33 hadavar the spoken-word
H1698-04 hadaver the destroying pestilence
H1699-01 hadavero his ordered pasture-fold
H1697-34 hadevarim the spoken matters
H1698-05 hadever the destroying pestilence
H1687-02 hadevir the oracle-chamber
H1696-30 hadover the one speaking
H1696-31 hadoverot the speaking women
H1696-32 hamedaber the declaring one
H1696-33 hamedaberim the ones speaking
H4057-03 hamidebar the driven-open wilderness
H4057-04 hamidebarah toward the pasture-wilderness
H1696-34 hanidebarim the ones speaking-together
H1697-35 kadavar according to the spoken word
H1697-36 kadevarim according to the words
H4057-05 kamidebar like the wilderness-pasture
H1696-35 kedaber as one declaring
H1696-36 kedaberah as she declared it
H1696-37 kedaberekhem according to your speaking (you men)
H1697-37 kediverey like the words of
H1697-38 kedivereykhem according to your words
H4057-06 khamidebar like the driven-wilderness
H1697-39 khdvrykh according to your spoken-words
H1697-40 khedivereykhem according to your spoken words
H1697-41 khidevarekha according to your word
H1697-42 khidevarekhe according to your word
H1697-43 kidevar according to the spoken-word of
H1697-44 kidevarekha according to your word
H1697-45 kidevareykha according to your spoken-words
H1697-46 ladavar to the spoken-matter
H1697-47 ladevarim to the words
H4057-07 lamidebar to the driving-wilderness
H1697-48 ldvrykh to your words
H1696-38 ledaber to speak forth
H1697-49 ledavar to a spoken-matter
H1697-50 lediverey to the words of
H1697-51 ledivereyhem to their spoken matters
H1697-52 ledivereykhem to your spoken words
H4057-08 lemidebar to a driving-wilderness
H1697-53 lidevar to the spoken-word of
H1697-54 lidevaray to my spoken-matters
H1697-55 lidevarekha to your word
H1697-56 lidevaro to his word
H1687-03 lidevir to the oracle-shrine
H1696-39 medaber one who is speaking
H1696-40 medaberet she who is speaking forth
H1696-41 medaberim those declaring
H1696-42 medaberot women speaking forth
H1696-43 medubar the one being declared
H4057-09 mehamidebar from the driven-open wilderness
H1696-44 midaber one speaking forth
H1697-57 midavar from a word
H4057-10 midebar driving-wilderness of
H4057-11 midebarah her pasture-wilderness
H1697-58 midevar from a spoken-matter of
H1698-06 midever from the destroying pestilence
H1697-59 midiverey from the words of
H1697-60 midivereyhem from their words
H4057-12 mimidebar from the pasture-wilderness of
H1696-45 nedaber we will declare
H1696-46 nidebarenu we spoke together
H1696-47 nidebaru they spoke together
H1696-48 nideberu they spoke together
H1696-49 sheyedubar that he be spoken of
H1696-50 tedaber you (masculine singular) shall declare
H1696-51 tedaberenah they (feminine) will speak forth
H1696-52 tedaberi you (feminine singular) declare
H1696-53 tedaberu you men shall speak forth
H1696-54 tedaberun you (masculine plural) shall declare
H1697-61 udevar and the word-of
H1697-62 udevaray and my spoken-words
H1697-63 udevarayv and the words of him
H1697-64 udevareykha and your spoken-words
H1697-65 udevarim and spoken-matters
H1683-02 udevorah and Deborah (Bee-woman)
H1696-55 uledaber and to declare
H1696-56 umedaber and he who is arranging-words
H1696-57 umidaber and while declaring
H4057-13 umidebareykhe and your wilderness-tracts
H1697-66 umidevarekha and from your spoken word
H1697-67 umidivereyhem and from their words
H4057-14 umimidebar and from the pasture-wilderness
H1696-58 utedaber and she will arrange-words / and you (ms) will arrange-words
H1697-68 uvadavar and in the spoken-matter
H1698-07 uvadaver and by the destroying pestilence
H1698-08 uvadever and by the destroying pestilence
H4057-15 uvamidebar and in the driven-wilderness
H1696-59 uvedaber and in declaring
H1696-60 uvedaberi and in my speaking
H1696-61 uvedabero and in his speaking
H1697-69 uvidevar and in the word-of
H1697-70 uvidevarekha and by your spoken word
H1696-62 vaadaber and I declared
H1696-63 vaadaberah and I will declare
H1697-71 vadavar in the word-matter
H1698-09 vadever and a destroying-plague
H4057-16 vamidebar in the driving-wilderness
H1696-64 vatedaber and she declared
H1696-65 vatedaberenah and they (women) spoke forth
H1696-66 vayadeber and he declared
H1696-68 vayedaberem and he declared them
H1696-69 vayedaberu and they spoke forth
H1696-70 vedaber and speak forth!
H1696-71 vedabero in his speaking-forth
H1696-72 vedaberu and you men declared
H1697-72 vedavar a spoken matter
H1698-10 vedever and a destroying-plague
H1696-73 vedibareta and you shall declare
H1696-74 vedibaretam and you (masculine singular) spoke them
H1696-75 vedibarete and you (feminine) declared
H1696-76 vedibaretem and you men shall declare
H1696-77 vedibareti and I spoke forth
H1696-78 vediber and he declared
H1696-79 vediberu and they declared
H1697-73 vediverey and words of
H1696-80 vedover and he who speaks
H1697-74 vehadavar and the spoken-matter
H1698-11 vehadaver and the destroying pestilence
H1697-75 vehadevarim and the words
H1696-81 vehadoverim and the speaking men
H1697-76 velidevaro and for his word
H4057-17 vemidebar in the driving-wilderness of
H1696-82 vidaberu and they declared
H1697-77 videvar in the word of
H1697-78 videvaray with my words
H1697-79 videvarayv in his spoken-words
H1697-80 videvareyha in the words of her
H1697-81 vmdvrykh and from your spoken-words
H1697-82 vvdvrykh and in your words
H1696-83 vydvr and he declared
H1696-84 yadeber he will subdue
H1696-85 yedaber he will speak forth
H1696-86 yedaberu they will speak forth

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
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