1 Kings 20:9:41 Kgs.20.9.W4TAB
אִמְר֞וּ
imru
“say”
- Transliteration
- im-RU
- Extended
- ihm-ROO
- IPA
- /ʔimˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- say
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
im-RU
- clause
va-YO-mer le-mal-a-KHE ben-ha-DAD im-RU la-do-NI ha-ME-lekh KOL a-sher-sha-LAKH-ta el-av-DE-kha va-ri-sho-NA e-e-SE ve-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE LO u-KHAL la-a-SOT
- sentence
va-YO-mer le-mal-a-KHE ben-ha-DAD im-RU la-do-NI ha-ME-lekh KOL a-sher-sha-LAKH-ta el-av-DE-kha va-ri-sho-NA e-e-SE ve-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE LO u-KHAL la-a-SOT va-ye-le-KHU ha-mal-a-KHIM va-ye-shi-VU-hu da-VAR
Exegesis
The imperative imru {אִמְרוּ | ʾim-rû} ‘say’ shifts to direct address.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 1 Kings 20:9
And he said to the messengers of Ben-Hadad , “Say to my lord the king, ‘All that you sent to your servant at first I will do, but this thing I am not able to do.’” And the messengers went and brought him back word.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 20:9, so the Hebrew word אִמְר֞וּ (imru) 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.20.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.9.W4.S1) and character.