2 Kings 18:19:62 Kgs.18.19.W6TAB
כֹּֽה־אָמַ֞ר
koamar
“thus said”
- Transliteration
- ko-A-mar
- Extended
- koh-AA-mahr
- IPA
- /koː.ʔaːˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- thus said
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
ko-A-mar
- clause
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
- 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 formulaic kōh-ʾāmar {כֹּה־אָמַר | kōh-ʾāmar} ‘thus has said’ signals the official proclamation.
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 18:19:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 18:19, so the Hebrew word כֹּֽה־אָמַ֞ר (koamar) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.19.W6.S1) and character.