Ezekiel 13:3:2Ezek.13.3.W2TAB

אָמַר֙

amar

said

Transliteration
a-MAR
Extended
aa-MAHR
IPA
/ʔaˈmar/

Meaning by language

English
said

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Result
אָ + מַר֙
a + mar
amar

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-MAR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KO a-MAR

  3. clause

    KO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH HOI al-ha-ne-vi-IM ha-ne-va-LIM

  4. sentence

    KO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH HOI al-ha-ne-vi-IM ha-ne-va-LIM a-SHER hol-khim a-KHAR ru-KHAM u-le-vil-TI RA-u

Exegesis

The verse opens with the prophetic speech formula koh amar {כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ | kō ʾā-mar} ‘thus he says’, introducing a divine oracle.

Root and etymology

ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh

to say, declare

In contextEzekiel 13:3

Thus says the Lord GOD : Woe to the foolish prophets who go after their own spirit and have seen nothing.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 13:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 13:3, so the Hebrew word אָמַר֙ (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 Ezek.13.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.13.3.W2.S1) and character.