Daniel 2:5:3Dan.2.5.W3TAB
וְאָמַ֣ר
veamar
“{And He} said”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-MAR
- Extended
- veh-ah-MAAR
- IPA
- /wəʔaˈmaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And He} said
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-a-MAR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-MAR le-kha-se-di-A le-khas-da-E
- clause
a-NE mal-KA ve-a-MAR le-kha-se-di-A le-khas-da-E mil-le-TA mih-NEE az-DA
- sentence
a-NE mal-KA ve-a-MAR le-kha-se-di-A le-khas-da-E mil-le-TA mih-NEE az-DA HEN LA te-ho-deh-oo-nna-NEE khel-MA u-fish-REH ha-daa-MEEN tit-a-ved-DUN u-va-te-khon ne-va-LEE yit-sa-MOON
Exegesis
The verse opens with aneh {עָנֵ֤ה | ʿā-nê} ‘he answered’ and we-’amar {וְאָמַ֣ר | wə-ʾā-mar} ‘and said’, framing a royal pronouncement.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-r
“to say, speak”
In context — Daniel 2:5
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “The word from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be made into pieces, and your houses shall be set as a dunghill .”
About this coordinate
Daniel 2:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Daniel 2:5, so the Hebrew word וְאָמַ֣ר (veamar) 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 Dan.2.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.5.W3.S1) and character.