Midvash

דָבַרdâbar

speak

Pronunciation: daw-bar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1696

Meanings

Qal: speak (Psalms 51:6; Exodus 6:29; Numbers 36:5)

Niph`al: speak with one another, talk, reciprocal sense (Malachi 3:16; Psalms 119:23; Malachi 3:13)

Pi`el: speak (Genesis 12:4; Genesis 21:1; Exodus 12:25)

1. absolute (Deuteronomy 18:17; 2 Kings 18:28; Ezekiel 5:13)

2. with accusative of thing, very frequently (Exodus 20:1; Deuteronomy 5:19; 2 Samuel 19:30)

3. with persons

a. they could, not (Genesis 37:4; Numbers 26:3)

b. speak unto one's heart, concerning (Genesis 8:15; Exodus 6:10; Exodus 32:7)

c. speak to, speak, sing to Yahweh (1 Kings 2:19; Ezekiel 32:21; Daniel 2:4)

d. speak with, speak one with another (Genesis 17:3; Genesis 17:22; Genesis 17:23)

e. speak with, spread a couch for (Genesis 29:9; Genesis 31:24; Genesis 31:29)

f. before, in the presence of (Exodus 6:12; Numbers 36:1; Judges 11:11)

4. with בְּ

a. instrumental, speak with, by (Numbers 12:2; Numbers 12:6; Numbers 12:8)

b. local, in the ears of (Genesis 20:8; Exodus 11:2; Deuteronomy 32:44)

c. of the object, speak of, about, propose for (Deuteronomy 6:7; Deuteronomy 11:19; 1 Samuel 19:3)

d. of hostility, against (Numbers 12:1; Numbers 12:8; Numbers 21:5)

e. of price, at the cost of his life (1 Kings 2:23)

5. with עַל, of the object concerning or about which one speaks (Genesis 18:19; Numbers 10:29; Joshua 23:14)

6. with infinitive (Exodus 32:14; Deuteronomy 1:14; Ezekiel 6:10)

Pu`al: she may be spoken for, are being spoken, see Pi`el 4.c. (Song of Solomon 8:8; Psalms 87:3)

Hithpa`el: speaking, the meaning not appreciably different from Piel; the Hithpa`el difficult to reconcile with אֶל) (2 Samuel 14:13; Numbers 7:89; Ezekiel 2:2)

Hiph`il: either, leads subject, puts to flight, figurative for subdues (Psalms 18:48; 2 Samuel 22:48; Psalms 47:4)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 1,142 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 8:15 Then God said to Noah,
  • Genesis 12:4 So Abram departed as the Lord had instructed, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
  • Genesis 16:13 Thereafter, Hagar used another name to refer to the Lord, who had spoken to her. She said, “You are the God who sees me.” She also said, “Have I truly seen the One who sees me?”
  • Genesis 17:3 At this, Abram fell face down on the ground. Then God said to him,
  • Genesis 17:22 When God had finished speaking, he left Abraham.
  • Genesis 17:23 On that very day Abraham took his son, Ishmael, and every male in his household, including those born there and those he had bought. Then he circumcised them, cutting off their foreskins, just as God had told him.
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