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1 Kings 12:10

“And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

דָבַרdâbar · daw-bar'
H1696 · Hebrew

Definition: perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: 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.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יְדַבְּר֣וּ — verb Piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vpw3mp
Usage: Occurs 1,144 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 8:15 Genesis 12:4 Genesis 16:13 Genesis 17:3 Genesis 17:22

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read דָבַר here.

Verse 9 Verse 11

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.