1 Kings 20:23:31 Kgs.20.23.W3TAB
אָמְר֣וּ
amru
“said”
- Transliteration
- am-RU
- Extended
- aam-ROO
- IPA
- /ʔɔmˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- said
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
am-RU
- phraseyour reading level
am-RU e-LAV
- clause
ve-a-ve-DE ME-lekh-a-RAM am-RU e-LAV e-lo-HE ha-RIM e-lo-HE-hem al-KEN khaz-KU mim-ME-nu
- sentence
ve-a-ve-DE ME-lekh-a-RAM am-RU e-LAV e-lo-HE ha-RIM e-lo-HE-hem al-KEN khaz-KU mim-ME-nu ve-u-LAM nil-la-KHEM it-TAM bam-mi-SHOR im-LO ne-khe-ZAK me-HEM
Exegesis
The perfect verb amru {אָמְרוּ | ʾom-rū} ‘they said’ introduces reported speech.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 1 Kings 20:23
And the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we. But let us fight with them in the plain , and surely we will be stronger than they.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 20:23, so the Hebrew word אָמְר֣וּ (amru) 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.20.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.23.W3.S1) and character.