2 Chronicles 28:13:112 Chr.28.13.W11TAB
אֹמְרִ֔ים
omerim
“are saying”
- Transliteration
- o-me-RIM
- Extended
- oh-meh-REEM
- IPA
- /ʔoːmˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- are 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
o-me-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
a-TEM o-me-RIM
- clause
va-yo-me-RU la-HEM lo-ta-VI-u et-ha-shiv-YA HEN-na KI le-ash-MAT ye-ho-VAH a-LE-nu a-TEM o-me-RIM le-ho-SIF al-kha-to-TE-nu ve-al-ash-ma-TE-nu
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU la-HEM lo-ta-VI-u et-ha-shiv-YA HEN-na KI le-ash-MAT ye-ho-VAH a-LE-nu a-TEM o-me-RIM le-ho-SIF al-kha-to-TE-nu ve-al-ash-ma-TE-nu ki-rab-BA ash-MA LA-nu va-kha-RON AF al-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The participle omrim {אֹמְרִים | ʾŏm·rîm} and infinitive lehosif {לְהֹסִיף | lə·hō·sîp} introduce an accusation in parallel phrases al-chatoteinu {עַל־חַטֹּאותֵינוּ | al·ḥa·ṭō·ṯê·nû} and ve-al-ashmateinu {וְעַל־אַשְׁמָתֵינוּ | wə·ʿal·ʾaš·mə·ṯê·nû}.
In context — 2 Chronicles 28:13
And they said to them, “You shall not bring the captives here, for guilt before the LORD is upon us. You are proposing to increase our sins and our guilt, for great is the guilt upon us, and wrath and anger is upon Israel.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 28:13:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Chronicles 28:13, so the Hebrew word אֹמְרִ֔ים (omerim) 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.28.13.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.28.13.W11.S1) and character.