2 Samuel 15:34:32 Sam.15.34.W3TAB

וְאָמַרְתָּ֤

veamarta

and you say

Transliteration
ve-a-MAR-ta
Extended
veh-aa-MAHR-tah
IPA
/vəʔaːˈmartɑː/

Meaning by language

English
and you say

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Result
וְ + אָ + מַרְ + תָּ֤
ve + a + mar + ta
veamarta

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-a-MAR-ta

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-a-MAR-ta le-av-sha-LOM

  3. clause

    ve-im-ha-IR ta-SHUV ve-a-MAR-ta le-av-sha-LOM av-DE-kha a-NI ha-ME-lekh e-HE-ye E-ved a-VI-kha va-a-NI me-AZ ve-a-TA va-a-NI av-DE-kha

  4. sentence

    ve-im-ha-IR ta-SHUV ve-a-MAR-ta le-av-sha-LOM av-DE-kha a-NI ha-ME-lekh e-HE-ye E-ved a-VI-kha va-a-NI me-AZ ve-a-TA va-a-NI av-DE-kha ve-he-FAR-ta LI ET a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel

Exegesis

This protasis comprises two coordinated vav-prefixed verbs tashuv {תָּשׁוּב | tā-šūv} ‘you return’ and ve-’āmartā {וְאָמַרְתָּ | wə-’ā-măr-tā} ‘and you say’.

Root and etymology

ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh

to speak

In context2 Samuel 15:34

But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, “I am your servant, O king; I was your father’s servant from then until now, and now I am your servant,” then you will frustrate for me the counsel of Ahithophel .

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 15:34:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 15:34, so the Hebrew word וְאָמַרְתָּ֤ (veamarta) 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 Sam.15.34.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.34.W3.S1) and character.