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Ezekiel 3:27

“But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.” (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
  • וּֽ — conjunction
  • בְ — preposition
  • דַבְּרִ֤ — verb Piel, infinitive construct
  • י — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
Code HC/R/Vpc/Sp1cs
Usage
Occurs 1,144 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 8:15Genesis 12:4Genesis 16:13Genesis 17:3Genesis 17:22

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Verse 26

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.