Exodus 14:3:1Exod.14.3.W1TAB
וְאָמַ֤ר
veamar
“{And He} will say”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-MAR
- Extended
- veh-ah-MAR
- IPA
- /wə.ʔa.ˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And He} will 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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Word in context
- word
ve-a-MAR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-MAR par-O
- clause
ve-a-MAR par-O liv-NEI yis-ra-EL ne-vu-KHIM HEM ba-A-rets
- sentence
ve-a-MAR par-O liv-NEI yis-ra-EL ne-vu-KHIM HEM ba-A-rets sa-GAR ah-LEI-hem ham-mid-BAR
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive verb veamar {וְאָמַ֤ר | wə-ʾāmar} ‘and he will say’, signaling ongoing narrative flow and introducing Pharaoh’s declaration.
In context — Exodus 14:3
Pharaoh will say to the Israelites, “They are confused in the land, and the wilderness has shut them in.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 14:3, so the Hebrew word וְאָמַ֤ר (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 Exod.14.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.3.W1.S1) and character.