Daniel 4:23:8Dan.4.23.W8TABWLC Daniel 4:20
וְאָמַ֨ר
veamar
“said”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-MAR
- Extended
- veh-aa-MAHR
- IPA
- /wəʔaˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 GOD-du i-la-NA
- clause
ve-DI kha-ZA mal-KA IR ve-kad-DISH nah-KHIT min-she-ma-YA ve-a-MAR GOD-du i-la-NA ve-khab-bu-LU-hi be-RAM i-KAR shar-sho-HI be-ar-A she-vu-KU u-ve-e-SUR di-far-ZEL u-ne-KHASH be-dit-A DI ba-RA
- sentence
ve-DI kha-ZA mal-KA IR ve-kad-DISH nah-KHIT min-she-ma-YA ve-a-MAR GOD-du i-la-NA ve-khab-bu-LU-hi be-RAM i-KAR shar-sho-HI be-ar-A she-vu-KU u-ve-e-SUR di-far-ZEL u-ne-KHASH be-dit-A DI ba-RA u-ve-TAL she-ma-YA yits-ta-BA ve-im-khe-YVAT ba-RA kha-la-KEH AD di-shiv-A i-da-NIN yakh-le-FUN a-lo-HI
Exegesis
The narrative then advances by way of wəʾāmar {וְאָמַר | wə-ʾā-mar} ‘and he said,’ introducing direct speech marked by a string of second person masculine plural imperatives gūddû {גּוּדּוּ | gūd-dû} ‘hew down,’ wəḥabbəlûhî {וְחַבְּלוּהִי | wə-ḥab-bə-lû-hî} ‘and destroy it,’ and šəvuqqû {שְׁבֻקוּ | šə-vuq-qû} ‘leave,’ addressed to the heavenly agents who are to carry out the decree.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-rAleph–Mem–Resh
“to say, declare”
In context — Daniel 4:23
And that the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven, and he said, “Hew down the tree and destroy it, yet leave the stump with its roots in the earth, with a band of iron and bronze in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let its portion be with the beasts of the field, until seven times pass over him.”
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:23:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Daniel 4:23, so the Hebrew word וְאָמַ֨ר (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.4.23.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.23.W8.S1) and character.