Daniel 3:20:5Dan.3.20.W5TAB
אֲמַר֙
amar
“ordered”
- Transliteration
- a-MAR
- Extended
- ah-MAHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- ordered
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced '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
- clause
u-le-ghuv-RIN gi-ba-REI-kha-YIL DI ve-kha-ye-LEH a-MAR le-kap-pa-TA le-shad-RAKH MEI-shakh va-a-VED ne-GO
- sentence
u-le-ghuv-RIN gi-ba-REI-kha-YIL DI ve-kha-ye-LEH a-MAR le-kap-pa-TA le-shad-RAKH MEI-shakh va-a-VED ne-GO le-mir-MEI le-a-TUN nu-RA ya-kid-TA
Exegesis
The Peal perfect amar {אֲמַר֙ | ʾă-mar} ‘he commanded’ is a direct speech act introducing two sequential infinitive constructs: lekappatha {לְכַפָּתָ֔ה | lə-kap-pā-ṯā} ‘to bind’ and lemirmê {לְמִרְמֵ֕א | lə-mir-mê} ‘to throw’, which lay out the ordered actions.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to say, command”
In context — Daniel 3:20
And he commanded the mighty men of valor who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego and throw them into the burning furnace of fire .
About this coordinate
Daniel 3:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 3:20, so the Hebrew word אֲמַר֙ (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 Dan.3.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.3.20.W5.S1) and character.