1 Kings 20:32:121 Kgs.20.32.W12TAB
אָמַ֖ר
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
- clause
va-yakh-ge-RU sak-KIM be-mat-ne-HEM va-kha-va-LIM be-ra-she-HEM va-ya-VO-u el-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yo-mer-RU av-de-KHA ven-ha-DAD a-MAR te-khi-NA naf-SHI
- sentence
va-yakh-ge-RU sak-KIM be-mat-ne-HEM va-kha-va-LIM be-ra-she-HEM va-ya-VO-u el-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yo-mer-RU av-de-KHA ven-ha-DAD a-MAR te-khi-NA naf-SHI va-YO-mer ha-o-DEN-nu KHAI a-KHI HU
Exegesis
The narrative employs a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs—vayachgeru {וַיַּחְגְּרוּ | way-yaḥ-ge-rû} ‘and they girded,’ vayavo’u {וַיָּבֹאוּ | way-yā-bō-ʾû} ‘and they came,’ and vayomru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | way-yō-ʾə-rû} ‘and they said’—which drive the action.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 1 Kings 20:32
And they girded sackcloth on their loins and ropes on their heads, and they came to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-Hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’” And he said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:32:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 20:32, so the Hebrew word אָמַ֖ר (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.20.32.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.32.W12.S1) and character.