1 Samuel 16:2:141 Sam.16.2.W14TAB
וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔
veamarta
“and you shall say”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-MAR-ta
- Extended
- veh-aa-MAHR-tah
- IPA
- /bəjaːˈdɛxaː/
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-MAR-ta
- clause
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH e-ge-LAT ba-KAR tik-KAKH be-ya-DE-kha ve-a-MAR-ta liz-BO-kha la-ye-ho-VAH BA-ti
- sentence
va-YO-mer she-mu-EL EKH e-LEKH ve-sha-MA sha-UL va-ha-ra-GA-ni va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH e-ge-LAT ba-KAR tik-KAKH be-ya-DE-kha ve-a-MAR-ta liz-BO-kha la-ye-ho-VAH BA-ti
Exegesis
The imperative tikkach {תִּקַּח | ti-qqaḥ} “take” and the perfect ve-amarta {וְאָמַרְתָּ | wə-’ā-mar-tā} “and say” direct Samuel’s actions.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:2
And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears, he will kill me.” And the LORD said, “Take the heifer of the herd in your hand and say, ‘To sacrifice to the LORD I have come.’”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:2:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Samuel 16:2, so the Hebrew word וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ (veamarta) 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.16.2.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.2.W14.S1) and character.