Ezekiel 14:21:3Ezek.14.21.W3TAB
אָמַ֜ר
amar
“said”
- Transliteration
- a-MAR
- Extended
- aa-MAHR
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
KI KHO a-MAR
- clause
KI KHO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH AF ki-ar-BA-at she-fa-TAI ha-ra-IM KHE-rev ve-ra-AV ve-kha-YA ra-A va-DE-ver shi-lakh-TI el-ye-ru-sha-LA-im
- sentence
KI KHO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH AF ki-ar-BA-at she-fa-TAI ha-ra-IM KHE-rev ve-ra-AV ve-kha-YA ra-A va-DE-ver shi-lakh-TI el-ye-ru-sha-LA-im le-hakh-RIT mi-ME-na a-DAM u-ve-he-MA
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conjunction ki {כִּי֩ | kî} ‘for,’ introducing the formulaic marker ko {כֹה | kō} ‘thus’ plus amar {אָמַר | ʾā-mar} ‘says.’
Root and etymology
RootAleph–Mem–Resh
“to say”
In context — Ezekiel 14:21
For thus says the Lord GOD : How much more when I send My four severe judgments—sword, famine, wild beast, and pestilence—to cut off from Jerusalem man and animal.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 14:21, 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 Ezek.14.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.21.W3.S1) and character.