Deuteronomy 22:16:1Deut.22.16.W1TAB
וְאָמַר֙
veamar
“and shall say”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-MAR
- Extended
- veh-aa-MAR
- IPA
- /vəʔaˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and shall say
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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
- clause
ve-a-MAR a-VI ha-na-AR ha-na-a-RAH el-haz-ze-ke-NIM et-bi-TI
- sentence
ve-a-MAR a-VI ha-na-AR ha-na-a-RAH el-haz-ze-ke-NIM et-bi-TI na-ta-TI la-ISH ha-ZEH le-i-SHAH va-yis-na-E-ha
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb veamar {וְאָמַ֛ר | wə-ʾā-mar} ‘and he will say’, which signals direct speech.
In context — Deuteronomy 22:16
And the father of the young woman will say to the elders, “I have given my daughter to this man as a wife,” but he hates her .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 22:16, so the Hebrew word וְאָמַר֙ (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 Deut.22.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.16.W1.S1) and character.