1 Kings 14:7:41 Kgs.14.7.W4TAB
כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר
koamar
“thus said”
- Transliteration
- ko-a-MAR
- Extended
- koh-ah-MAHR
- IPA
- /koː.ʔaˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- thus said
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 | |
| 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
ko-a-MAR
- phraseyour reading level
ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH
- clause
le-KHI im-RI le-ya-rav-AM ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HI yis-ra-EL YA-an a-SHER ha-ri-mo-TI-kha mi-TOKH ha-AM
- sentence
le-KHI im-RI le-ya-rav-AM ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HI yis-ra-EL YA-an a-SHER ha-ri-mo-TI-kha mi-TOKH ha-AM va-e-TE-ne-kha na-GID AL a-MI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The formula koh-amar {כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר | kôh-ʾā-mar} ‘thus said’ introduces an oracle speech.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — 1 Kings 14:7
Go, say to Jeroboam, “Thus says the LORD , the God of Israel : ‘Because I raised you up from among the people and made you leader over My people Israel.’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 14:7, so the Hebrew word כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר (koamar) 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 Kgs.14.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.7.W4.S1) and character.