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2 Samuel 22:1

“And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:” (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
יְדַבֵּ֤ר — verb Piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vpw3ms
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)

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Verse 2

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.