1 Kings 18:14:31 Kgs.18.14.W3TAB
אֹמֵ֔ר
omer
“are saying”
- Transliteration
- o-MER
- Extended
- oh-MEHR
- IPA
- /ʔoːˈmeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- are saying
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-MER
- phraseyour reading level
a-TA o-MER
- clause
ve-a-TA a-TA o-MER LEKH e-MOR la-do-NE-kha hi-NE e-li-YA-hu
- sentence
ve-a-TA a-TA o-MER LEKH e-MOR la-do-NE-kha hi-NE e-li-YA-hu va-ha-ra-GA-ni
Exegesis
The participle ʾōmêr {אֹמֵ֔ר | ʾō-mêr} functions as “are saying” in direct discourse, followed by two successive imperatives—lēḵ {לֵ֛ךְ | lē-ḵ} ‘go’ and ʾemor {אֱמֹ֥ר | ʾĕ-môr} ‘say’—forming a compound command.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to speak, declare”
In context — 1 Kings 18:14
And now you say, "Go, say to your master, ‘Behold, Elijah is here,’ and he will kill me."
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 18:14, so the Hebrew word אֹמֵ֔ר (omer) 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.18.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.14.W3.S1) and character.