2 Samuel 16:10:132 Sam.16.10.W13TAB
אָ֤מַר
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 LO
- clause
KI KO ye-ka-LEL ve-KHI KI ye-ho-VAH a-MAR LO ka-LEL et-da-VID u-MI yo-MAR ma-DU-a a-si-TA KEN
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh ma-LI ve-la-KHEM be-NE tse-ru-YA KI KO ye-ka-LEL ve-KHI KI ye-ho-VAH a-MAR LO ka-LEL et-da-VID u-MI yo-MAR ma-DU-a a-si-TA KEN
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verbal form vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | way-yō-mer} ‘and he said’ introducing hamelekh {הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | ha-mē-lekh} ‘the king.’
The final rhetorical question introduced by umi yomar {וּמִ֣י יֹאמַ֔ר | û-mi yō-mar} ‘and who will say’ underscores human inability to contest divine will. Hebrew particles are mirrored by “for,” “thus,” “and indeed,” and rhetorical questions preserve the layered emphasis.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to say, speak”
In context — 2 Samuel 16:10
But the king said, “What have I to do with you, sons of Zeruiah? Let him curse , because the LORD has said to him, ‘Curse David.’ Who then can say, ‘Why have you done this?’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:10:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 16:10, so the Hebrew word אָ֤מַר (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 Sam.16.10.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.10.W13.S1) and character.