דיבר

Compare Ugaritic 𐎄𐎁𐎗 (dbr, “to speak, say”).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /diˈbeʁ/

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דיבר / דִּבֵּר • (dibér) (pi'el construction, future יְדַבֵּר, passive counterpart דובר / דֻּבַּר)

1. to speak (say words)
   • Tanach, Exodus 4:14, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיִּחַר־אַף יְהוָה בְּמֹשֶׁה וַיֹּאמֶר הֲלֹא אַהֲרֹן אָחִיךָ הַלֵּוִי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־דַבֵּר יְדַבֵּר הוּא וְגַם הִנֵּה־הוּא יֹצֵא לִקְרָאתֶךָ וְרָאֲךָ וְשָׂמַח בְּלִבּוֹ׃

     vayikhar-'áf YHVH b'moshé vayómer haló 'aharón 'akhíkha haleví yadá'ti ki-dabér y'dabér hú v'gám hine-hú yotsé likratékha v'ra'akhá v'samákh b'libó.
     wayyiḥar-ʾap̄ YHWH bəmōše wayyṓmer hălō ʾahărōn ʾāḥī́ḵā hallēwī yāḏáʿtī kī-ḏabbēr yəḏabbēr hū wəḡam hinnē-hū yōṣē liqrāṯéḵā wərāʾăḵā wəśāmaḥ bəlibbō.

     And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and He said: ‘Is there not Aaron thy brother the Levite? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee; and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.

   • 11th century, Rashi, “Devarim 11:19”, in Commentary on the Torah:

     כשהתינוק מתחיל לדבר אביו מסיח עמו בלשון הקדש ומלמדו תורה

     When the infant begins to speak, his father should speak to him in Lashon Hakodesh and teach him Torah.

• H1696 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible