1 Samuel 14:34:51 Sam.14.34.W5TAB
וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֣ם
vaamartem
“and you shall say”
- Transliteration
- va-a-mar-TEM
- Extended
- vah-ah-mahr-TEM
- IPA
- /vaʔă.marˈtem/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall say
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-mar-TEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-mar-TEM la-HEM
- clause
va-YO-mer sha-UL pu-TSU va-AM va-a-mar-TEM la-HEM ha-gi-SHU e-LAI ISH sho-RO ve-ISH se-YE-hu u-she-khat-TEM ba-ZE va-a-khal-TEM ve-LO-te-khe-TE-u la-ye-ho-VAH le-e-KHOL el-ha-DAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL pu-TSU va-AM va-a-mar-TEM la-HEM ha-gi-SHU e-LAI ISH sho-RO ve-ISH se-YE-hu u-she-khat-TEM ba-ZE va-a-khal-TEM ve-LO-te-khe-TE-u la-ye-ho-VAH le-e-KHOL el-ha-DAM va-ya-gi-SHU khol-ha-AM ISH sho-RO be-ya-DO ha-LAI-la va-yish-kha-TU-sham
Exegesis
A chain of vav-consecutive perfect verbs (vaʼămartem {וַאֲמַרְתֶּם | vaʼămartem}, ušəḥaṭtem {וּשְׁחַטְתֶּם | ušəḥaṭtem}, vaʼăḥaltem {וַאֲכַלְתֶּם | vaʼăḥaltem}) creates a brisk, consecutive command structure.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to say, declare”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:34
And Saul said, “Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, ‘Each man bring his ox and each man his sheep to me; slaughter them here and eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating blood .’” So all the people, each with his ox in hand, brought it that night and slaughtered it there.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:34:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 14:34, so the Hebrew word וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֣ם (vaamartem) 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 Sam.14.34.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.34.W5.S1) and character.