1 Samuel 20:21:81 Sam.20.21.W8TAB
אֹמַ֨ר
omar
“I say”
- Transliteration
- o-MAR
- Extended
- oh-MAHR
- IPA
- /ʔoˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- I say
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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
o-MAR
- phraseyour reading level
im-a-MOR o-MAR la-na-AR
- clause
im-a-MOR o-MAR la-na-AR hin-NE ha-khi-TSIM mim-me-KHA va-HE-na ka-KHE-nu va-VO ki-sha-LOM le-KHA ve-EN da-VAR khai-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-hin-NE e-she-LAKH ET-ha-na-AR LEKH me-TSA ET-ha-khi-TSIM im-a-MOR o-MAR la-na-AR hin-NE ha-khi-TSIM mim-me-KHA va-HE-na ka-KHE-nu va-VO ki-sha-LOM le-KHA ve-EN da-VAR khai-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The second vav-prefixed perfect verb ve-’amarti {וְאָמַרְתִּי | wə-’ā-mar-tî} introduces the speech act, governed by the conjunction vav.
The coordinate clause ve-ha-yah kî-’ōmar {וְהָיָה כִּי־אֹמַר | wə-hā-yāh kî-’ō-mar} sets a temporal condition marked by the signal particle hen {הֵן | hēn} ‘behold’.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:21
And I will send a boy and say to him, “Go, find the arrows.” And it shall be when I say to the boy, “Behold , the arrows are on your side; bring them to me,” you will be safe , and there will be no harm, as the LORD lives.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 20:21, so the Hebrew word אֹמַ֨ר (omar) 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.20.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.21.W8.S1) and character.