דבר

דבר

Aramaic

Verb

דבר • (transliteration needed)

1. to lead

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Hebrew

Root
ד־ב־ר‎ (d-b-r)

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /daˈvaʁ/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /dɔ.vɔr/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /d̪aˈvar/
• (Syrian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /daˈbar/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /dɔˈvɔr/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): [dɔːˈvɔːʀ̟]
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /daːˈbaːr/, [daːˈβaːr]

Noun

דָּבָר • (davár) m (plural indefinite דְּבָרִים‎, singular construct דְּבַר־, plural construct דִּבְרֵי־‎) [pattern: קָטָל]

1. thing
2. (archaic) word (unit of language)

   Synonym: מילה‎ (milā)

Declension

Declension of דָּבָר

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	דָּבָר	first	דְּבָרִי‎		דְּבָרֵנוּ‎
	definite	הַדָּבָר‎	second	דְּבָרְךָ‎	דְּבָרֵךְ‎	דְּבַרְכֶם‎	דְּבַרְכֶן‎
	construct	דְּבַר־	third	דְּבָרוֹ‎	דְּבָרָהּ‎	דְּבָרָם‎	דְּבָרָן‎
plural	indefinite	דְּבָרִים‎	first	דבריי / דְּבָרַי‎		דְּבָרֵינוּ‎
	definite	הַדְּבָרִים‎	second	דְּבָרֶיךָ‎	דברייך / דְּבָרַיִךְ‎	דִּבְרֵיכֶם‎	דִּבְרֵיכֶן‎
	construct	דִּבְרֵי־‎	third	דְּבָרָיו‎	דְּבָרֶיהָ‎	דִּבְרֵיהֶם‎	דִּבְרֵיהֶן‎

Derived terms

• דְּבַר תּוֹרָה‎ (d'vár torá)
• דָּבָר אַחֵר‎ (davár 'akhér)
• דִּבְרֵי יָמִים‎ (div'réi yamím)
• דְּבָרִים בְּטֵלִים‎ (dvarim btelim)
• אִישׁ דְּבָרִים‎ ('ish dvarím)
• עַל לֹא דָּבָר‎ ('al ló davár)
• שׁוּם דָּבָר‎‎ (šum davar)

Further reading

• H1697 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Noun

דַּבָּר • (dabár) m (plural indefinite דַּבָּרִים‎, singular construct דַּבַּר־) [pattern: קַטָּל]

1. leader

Verb

דיבר / דִּבֵּר • (dibér) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of דיבר‎

Noun

דֶּבֶר • (déver) m (Biblical Hebrew pausal form דָּבֶר) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. plague, pestilence

Further reading

• H1698 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible