2 Chronicles 18:19:162 Chr.18.19.W16TAB
אֹמֵ֥ר
omer
“saying”
- Transliteration
- o-MER
- Extended
- oh-MEER
- IPA
- /ʔoːˈmeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- saying
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-MER
- phraseyour reading level
o-MER KA-kha
- clause
va-YO-mer ZE o-MER KA-kha ve-ZE o-MER KA-kha
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH MI ye-fa-TE et-a-KHA-av ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL ve-ya-AL ve-yip-POL be-ra-MOT gil-AD va-YO-mer ZE o-MER KA-kha ve-ZE o-MER KA-kha
Exegesis
wəzeh ʾōmēr kākāh {זֶה אֹמֵר כָּכָה … וְזֶה אֹמֵר כָּכָה | zeh ʾōmēr kākāh … wəzeh ʾōmēr kākāh}, portraying multiple proposals in balanced, repetitive cadence to stress competing counsel under divine sovereignty.
Root and etymology
aleph–mem–reshaleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:19
And the LORD said, “Who will entice Ahab, king of Israel, so that he goes up and falls at Ramoth Gilead?” And one was saying, “Like this,” and another was saying, “Like that.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:19:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Chronicles 18:19, so the Hebrew word אֹמֵ֥ר (omer) 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.18.19.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.19.W16.S1) and character.