2 Kings 20:14:92 Kgs.20.14.W9TAB
אָמְר֣וּ
ameru
“they said”
- Transliteration
- a-me-RU
- Extended
- aa-meh-ROO
- IPA
- /ʔɔmˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-me-RU
- phraseyour reading level
MA a-me-RU ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LAV MA a-me-RU ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le u-me-EN ya-VO-u e-LE-kha va-YO-mer khiz-ki-YA-hu me-E-rets re-kho-KA BA-u mi-ba-VEL
- sentence
va-VA ye-sha-YA-hu ha-na-VI el-ha-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu va-YO-mer e-LAV MA a-me-RU ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le u-me-EN ya-VO-u e-LE-kha va-YO-mer khiz-ki-YA-hu me-E-rets re-kho-KA BA-u mi-ba-VEL
Exegesis
Two coordinated interrogative clauses, māh ʾāmrû hāʾănāšîm hāʾēlleh {מָה אָמְרוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה | māh ʾāmrû hāʾănāšîm hāʾēlleh} ‘what did these men say’ and ūməʾayin yāḇōʾû ʾēleḵā {וּמֵאַיִן יָבֹאוּ אֵלֶיךָ | ūməʾayin yāḇōʾû ʾēleḵā} ‘and from where did they come to you’, maintain Hebrew question order.
In context — 2 Kings 20:14
Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did these men discuss, and from which region did they arrive to you?” Hezekiah replied, “They came to me from a distant land, from Babylon .”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 20:14, so the Hebrew word אָמְר֣וּ (ameru) 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.20.14.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.14.W9.S1) and character.