2 Chronicles 24:20:132 Chr.24.20.W13TAB
אָמַ֣ר
amar
“said”
- Transliteration
- a-MAR
- Extended
- aa-MAHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-MAR
- phraseyour reading level
KO a-MAR ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-yo-MER la-HEM KO a-MAR ha-e-lo-HIM la-MA a-TEM o-ve-RIM et-mits-vo-T ye-ho-VAH ve-LO tats-li-KHU ki-a-zav-TEM et-ye-ho-VAH va-ya-ZOV et-khem
- sentence
ve-RU-akh e-lo-HIM la-ve-SHA et-ze-khar-ya ben-ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN va-ya-a-MOD me-AL la-AM va-yo-MER la-HEM KO a-MAR ha-e-lo-HIM la-MA a-TEM o-ve-RIM et-mits-vo-T ye-ho-VAH ve-LO tats-li-KHU ki-a-zav-TEM et-ye-ho-VAH va-ya-ZOV et-khem
Exegesis
The prophetic introduction koh ’āmar ha-ʾĕ-lō-hîm {כֹּה אָמַר הָאֱלֹהִים | kōh ’āmar hā-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘Thus says God’ frames the warning.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:20
And the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people and said to them, "Thus says God : Why are you transgressing the commands of the LORD ? You will not prosper because you have forsaken the LORD, and He will forsake you."
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:20:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Chronicles 24:20, so the Hebrew word אָמַ֣ר (amar) 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.24.20.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.20.W13.S1) and character.