1 Kings 20:3:41 Kgs.20.3.W4TAB
אָמַ֣ר
amar
“said”
- Transliteration
- a-MAR
- Extended
- aa-MAHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈmar/
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-MAR
- phraseyour reading level
a-MAR ben-ha-DAD
- clause
va-yo-MER LO KO a-MAR ben-ha-DAD kas-pe-KHA u-ze-hav-KHA LI-HU
- sentence
va-yo-MER LO KO a-MAR ben-ha-DAD kas-pe-KHA u-ze-hav-KHA LI-HU ve-na-SHE-kha u-va-NE-kha ha-to-VIM LI-HEM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the narrative marker vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | way-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, followed by the proclamation formula koh amar {כֹּה אָמַ֣ר | kôh ʾā-mar} ‘thus says’, introducing direct speech.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 1 Kings 20:3
And he said to him, “Thus says Ben-Hadad : ‘Your silver and your gold belong to me, and your best wives and sons are mine.’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 20:3, so the Hebrew word אָמַ֣ר (amar) 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.20.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.3.W4.S1) and character.