2 Chronicles 18:17:52 Chr.18.17.W5TAB
אָמַ֣רְתִּי
amarti
“I said”
- Transliteration
- a-MAR-ti
- Extended
- aa-MAHR-tih
- IPA
- /ʔɑːˈmar.ti/
Meaning by language
- English
- I said
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
a-MAR-ti
- phraseyour reading level
a-MAR-ti e-LE-kha
- clause
ha-LO a-MAR-ti e-LE-kha lo-yit-na-BE a-LAI TOV KI im-le-RA
- sentence
va-YO-mer ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-sha-FAT ha-LO a-MAR-ti e-LE-kha lo-yit-na-BE a-LAI TOV KI im-le-RA
Exegesis
The interrogative halo {הֲלֹא֙ | hălōʼ} introduces a rhetorical question, followed by amarti {אָמַ֣רְתִּי | ʼāmartī} ‘I said’.
Root and etymology
aleph–mem–reshaleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:17
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but only evil ?”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 18:17, so the Hebrew word אָמַ֣רְתִּי (amarti) 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 2 Chr.18.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.17.W5.S1) and character.