1 Kings 18:10:111 Kgs.18.10.W11TAB
וְאָמְר֖וּ
veameru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-mer-U
- Extended
- veh-aa-meh-ROO
- IPA
- /vəʔaməˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they said
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-a-mer-U
- clause
KHAI ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha im-yesh-GOY u-mam-la-KHA a-SHER lo-sha-LAKH a-do-NI SHAM le-vak-KESH-kha ve-a-mer-U A-yin
- sentence
KHAI ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha im-yesh-GOY u-mam-la-KHA a-SHER lo-sha-LAKH a-do-NI SHAM le-vak-KESH-kha ve-a-mer-U A-yin ve-hish-BI-a et-ha-mam-la-KHA ve-et-ha-GOY KI LO yim-tsa-E-kha
Exegesis
The shift to ve-amru ayin {וְאָמְרוּ אָיִן | wə-āmərū āyīn} ‘and they said, “there is none here,”’ leads into ve-hishbi’a et ha-mamlakhah ve-et ha-goy ki lo yimtza’kha {וְהִשְׁבִּיעַ אֶת־הַמַּמְלָכָה וְאֶת־הַגּוֹי כִּי לֹא יִמְצָאֶךָ | wə-hišbîyaʿ ʾet ham-mamlāḵāh wə-ʾet ha-gôy kî lō yimṣāʾəḵā} highlighting the legal intensity of the oath. English ordering is adjusted for subject–verb–object clarity while preserving Hebrew emphases.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to speak, declare”
In context — 1 Kings 18:10
As the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to seek you; and when they said, “He is not here,” he made the kingdom and the nation swear that they had not found you.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:10:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 18:10, so the Hebrew word וְאָמְר֖וּ (veameru) 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.18.10.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.10.W11.S1) and character.