1 Chronicles 17:4:21 Chr.17.4.W2TAB
וְאָמַרְתָּ֙
veamarta
“and you shall say”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-MAR-ta
- Extended
- veh-aa-MAHR-tah
- IPA
- /vəʔaːˈmar.taː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall say
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-MAR-ta
- phraseyour reading level
LEKH ve-a-MAR-ta
- clause
LEKH ve-a-MAR-ta el-da-VID av-DI KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
LEKH ve-a-MAR-ta el-da-VID av-DI KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH LO a-TA tiv-NE-li ha-BA-yit la-SHA-vet
Exegesis
The verse begins with the imperative lekh {לֵ֤ךְ | lēḵ} ‘go’, followed by the vav-consecutive ve-amarta {וְאָמַרְתָּ֙ | wə-ʾā-mar-tā} ‘and you shall say’, marking the initiation of prophetic speech.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph, mem, resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:4
Go and say to David my servant, “Thus says the LORD : You will not be the one to build the house for Me to dwell in.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 17:4, so the Hebrew word וְאָמַרְתָּ֙ (veamarta) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.17.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.4.W2.S1) and character.