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Leviticus 24:23

“And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses.” (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
יְדַבֵּ֣ר — 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)

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 22

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.