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2 Samuel 3:19
“And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
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
- יְדַבֵּ֥ר — verb Piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 1,144 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 8:15Genesis 12:4Genesis 16:13Genesis 17:3Genesis 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.
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.