Original Language Studio
Numbers 15:38
“Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:” (KJV)
Tap a word · read right to left
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
- דַּבֵּ֞ר — verb Piel, imperative, 2nd 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.