1 Chronicles 17:7:21 Chr.17.7.W2TAB
כֹּֽה־תֹאמַ֞ר
kotomar
“thus you shall say”
- Transliteration
- ko-TO-mar
- Extended
- koh-TOH-mahr
- IPA
- /koː.toːˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- thus you shall say
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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
ko-TO-mar
- clause
ve-a-TA ko-TO-mar le-av-DI le-da-VID KO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-NI le-kakh-TI-kha min-ha-NA-ve min-a-kha-RE ha-TSON
- sentence
ve-a-TA ko-TO-mar le-av-DI le-da-VID KO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-NI le-kakh-TI-kha min-ha-NA-ve min-a-kha-RE ha-TSON lih-ye-OT na-GID AL a-MI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The prophetic formula kōh-tō·mār {כֹּֽה־תֹאמַ֞ר | kōh-tō·mār} ‘thus you shall say’ issues an imperative introduction to speech, followed by the address lə-ʿăv·dî lə-dā·wîd {לְעַבְדִּ֣י לְדָוִ֗יד | lə-ʿăv·dî lə-dā·wîd} ‘to My servant David.’
Root and etymology
Rootaleph, mem, resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:7
And now thus you shall say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts : I took you from the pasture , from following the flock, to be ruler over My people Israel.’
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 17:7, so the Hebrew word כֹּֽה־תֹאמַ֞ר (kotomar) 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.17.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.7.W2.S1) and character.