2 Kings 18:19:42 Kgs.18.19.W4TAB
אִמְרוּ־נָ֖א
imruna
“please say”
- Transliteration
- im-ru-NA
- Extended
- ihm-roo-NAA
- IPA
- /ʔimˈruː.naː/
Meaning by language
- English
- please say
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-ru-NA
- clause
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM rav-sha-KE im-ru-NA el-khiz-ki-YA-hu
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM rav-sha-KE im-ru-NA el-khiz-ki-YA-hu ko-A-mar ha-ME-lekh ha-ga-DOL ME-lekh a-SHUR MA ha-bit-ta-KHON ha-ZE a-SHER ba-TAKH-ta
Exegesis
The command ʾimrū-nāʼ {אִמְרוּ־נָא | ʾimrū-nāʼ} ‘say now’ issues an urgent directive.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — 2 Kings 18:19
And Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, “What is this confidence in which you have put your trust?”’”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 18:19, so the Hebrew word אִמְרוּ־נָ֖א (imruna) 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 Kgs.18.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.19.W4.S1) and character.