1 Samuel 18:25:31 Sam.18.25.W3TAB
כֹּֽה־תֹאמְר֣וּ
kotomeru
“thus you shall say”
- Transliteration
- KO-to-me-RU
- Extended
- KOH-toh-meh-ROO
- IPA
- /koː. toːmˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- thus you shall say
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KO-to-me-RU
- phraseyour reading level
KO-to-me-RU le-da-VID
- clause
va-YO-mer sha-UL KO-to-me-RU le-da-VID EN-KHE-fets la-ME-lekh be-MO-har KI be-me-A a-re-LOT pe-lish-TIM le-hin-na-KEM be-o-ye-VE ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL KO-to-me-RU le-da-VID EN-KHE-fets la-ME-lekh be-MO-har KI be-me-A a-re-LOT pe-lish-TIM le-hin-na-KEM be-o-ye-VE ha-ME-lekh ve-sha-UL kha-SHAV le-ha-PIL et-da-VID be-yad-pe-lish-TIM
Exegesis
The demonstrative kōh in kōh-tomru {כֹּה-תֹאמְרוּ | kōh-tōm-rū} frames the command form “you shall say.”
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:25
And Saul said, “Thus you shall say to David, ‘The king has no desire for a bride-price other than one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take revenge on the king’s enemies.’” And Saul planned to cause David to fall by the hand of the Philistines.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:25:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 18:25, so the Hebrew word כֹּֽה־תֹאמְר֣וּ (kotomeru) 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.18.25.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.25.W3.S1) and character.