1 Chronicles 17:4:61 Chr.17.4.W6TAB
אָמַ֣ר
amar
“says”
- Transliteration
- a-MAR
- Extended
- aa-MAHR
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- says
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-MAR
- phraseyour reading level
a-MAR ye-ho-VAH
- 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 prophetic formula kōh ʾā-mar Yəhōwāh {כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה | kōh ʾā-mar Yəhōwāh} ‘thus says the LORD’ introduces the divine oracle.
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 17:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Chronicles 17:4, so the Hebrew word אָמַ֣ר (amar) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.4.W6.S1) and character.