2 Kings 22:16:22 Kgs.22.16.W2TAB
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
a-MAR ye-ho-VAH
- clause
KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH hin-NE-ni me-VI ra-A el-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-al-yo-she-VAV
- sentence
KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH hin-NE-ni me-VI ra-A el-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-al-yo-she-VAV ET kal-div-RE ha-SE-fer a-SHER ka-RA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The oracle opens with the formula kōh {כֹּה | kōh} ‘thus’ followed by amar {אָמַר | ʾā-mar} ‘says’, signaling a divine pronouncement.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-r
“to speak, say”
In context — 2 Kings 22:16
Thus says the LORD : “See, I will bring disaster on this place and on its inhabitants, in accordance with all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 22:16, 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 Kgs.22.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.16.W2.S1) and character.