Exodus 24:1:2Exod.24.1.W2TAB
אָמַ֜ר
amar
“He said”
- Transliteration
- a-MAR
- Extended
- ah-MAHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- He said
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
a-MAR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-el-mo-SHE a-MAR
- clause
ve-el-mo-SHE a-MAR a-LE el-ye-ho-VAH a-TA ve-a-ha-RON na-DAV va-a-vi-HU ve-shiv-EEM mi-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-el-mo-SHE a-MAR a-LE el-ye-ho-VAH a-TA ve-a-ha-RON na-DAV va-a-vi-HU ve-shiv-EEM mi-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-hish-ta-kha-vi-TEM me-ra-KHOK
Exegesis
The verb amar {אָמַר | ʾāmar} ‘he said’ introduces the speech act.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — Exodus 24:1
And He said to Moses, “Go up to the LORD , you, Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and you shall bow down from a distance.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 24:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 24:1, so the Hebrew word אָמַ֜ר (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 Exod.24.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.24.1.W2.S1) and character.