Deuteronomy 20:8:5Deut.20.8.W5TAB
וְאָמְר֗וּ
veamru
“and say”
- Transliteration
- ve-am-RU
- Extended
- veh-ahm-ROO
- IPA
- /vəʔamˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and say
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-am-RU
- clause
ve-yas-FU ha-sho-TREEM le-da-BER el-ha-AM ve-am-RU mi-ha-ISH ha-ya-RE ve-RAKH hal-le-VAV ye-LEKH ve-ya-SHOV le-VEI-to
- sentence
ve-yas-FU ha-sho-TREEM le-da-BER el-ha-AM ve-am-RU mi-ha-ISH ha-ya-RE ve-RAKH hal-le-VAV ye-LEKH ve-ya-SHOV le-VEI-to ve-LO yi-MAS et-le-VAV e-KHA-v kil-va-VO
Exegesis
The conjunction veamru {וְאָמְר֗וּ | wə-ʾä-merû} introduces a self-selecting question with mihaish {מִי־הָאִ֤ישׁ | mî-hā-ʾîš} ‘who is the man’.
In context — Deuteronomy 20:8
And the officers shall address the people again and say, “Who is the man who is fearful and fainthearted ? Let him go and return to his house so that he does not cause the heart of his brothers to melt like his own.”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 20:8, so the Hebrew word וְאָמְר֗וּ (veamru) 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 Deut.20.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.8.W5.S1) and character.