כִּי יְהוָה דִּבֵּר
(The) self- Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah , Jewish national name of God · perhaps properly, to arrange ; but used figuratively (of words), to speak ; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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יְהֹוָה H3068 (the) self- Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah , Jewish national name of God
דָבַר H1696 perhaps properly, to arrange ; but used figuratively (of words), to speak ; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
What does כִּי יְהוָה דִּבֵּר (kî YHWH dibbēr) mean in the Bible?
יְהֹוָה · דָבַר is a Hebrew word meaning "for the LORD has spoken".
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Meaning
Hebrew Verb Forms
How this verb appears across 691 occurrences in the Hebrew OT (OSHB Leningrad Codex).
Aspect in Hebrew reflects grammatical form, not tense. "Perfect" (Perfective) typically denotes completed action; "Imperfect" (Imperfective) denotes incomplete or ongoing action. Stem modifies the action type (Qal=simple, Niphal=passive, Piel=intensive, etc.).
Morphology: OSHB WLC (Open Scriptures, CC BY 4.0) · STEPBible TEHMC (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0)