הוא דיבר באופן ברור.

he

Breakdown of הוא דיבר באופן ברור.

• לדבר: to speak
• ברור: clear
• אופן: manner; way

Questions & Answers about הוא דיבר באופן ברור.

What does each word in הוא דיבר באופן ברור mean?

• הוא = he
• דיבר = spoke
• באופן = in a manner / in a way
• ברור = clear / clearly in this structure

So the whole sentence means something like He spoke clearly or more literally He spoke in a clear manner.

What tense is דיבר?

דיבר is past tense, third person masculine singular.

So:

• הוא דיבר = he spoke
• היא דיברה = she spoke
• הם דיברו = they spoke

The base dictionary form is usually given as לדבר = to speak.

Why is it דיבר and not something like דבר?

Because the verb לדבר belongs to a pattern in Hebrew where the past tense form is דיבר.

This verb comes from the root ד-ב-ר, connected with speech.
Its past masculine singular form is:

• דיבר = he spoke

This is a very common verb, and the vowel pattern is part of how the verb is built in Hebrew.