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1 Kings 21:19

“And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.” (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: וְ — conjunction
דִבַּרְתָּ֨ — verb Piel, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vpq2ms
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 18 Verse 20

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.