Biblical Hebrew · Nouns, Describing Words, Number, and “X of Y”
Words of sages
BH-057Biblical HebrewMasoretic Hebrew of Tanakh
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים
Transliterationdivrei ḥakhamim
Plain meaningwords of sages
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Words of sages
Plural nouns also change in construct. דְּבָרִים, “words/things,” appears as דִּבְרֵי when directly linked to the following noun. The relationship must be read as a unit: “words of sages.”
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דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים
ORIGINAL
BH-057
divrei ḥakhamim
READING
Approved transliteration
words of sages
MEANING
Biblical Hebrew
REMEMBER
Construct changes can affect plural endings as well as singular nouns.