Ezekiel 14:4:3Ezek.14.4.W3TAB

וְאָמַרְתָּ֨

veamarta

and say

Transliteration
ve-a-MAR-ta
Extended
veh-aa-MAHR-tah
IPA
/vəʔaːˈmar.taː/

Meaning by language

English
and say

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Result
וְ + אָ + מַרְ + תָּ֨
ve + a + mar + ta
veamarta

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-a-MAR-ta

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM

  3. clause

    la-KHEN da-BER-o-TAM ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI ISH ISH mi-BET yis-ra-EL a-SHER ya-a-LE et-gi-lu-LAV el-li-BO u-mikh-SHOL a-vo-NO ya-SIM NO-khakh pa-NAV u-VA el-ha-na-VI

  4. sentence

    la-KHEN da-BER-o-TAM ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI ISH ISH mi-BET yis-ra-EL a-SHER ya-a-LE et-gi-lu-LAV el-li-BO u-mikh-SHOL a-vo-NO ya-SIM NO-khakh pa-NAV u-VA el-ha-na-VI a-NI ye-ho-VAH na-a-NE-ti LO VE VA be-ROV gi-lu-LAV

Exegesis

The composite imperative dabberotam {דַּבֵּר־א֠וֹתָם | dab-bēr-ʾō-tām} ‘speak to them’ uses a piel form with pronominal suffix to intensify the directive, followed by ve’amarta {וְאָמַרְתָּ֨ | wə-ʾā-mar-tā} ‘and you shall say’.

In contextEzekiel 14:4

Therefore, speak to them and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD : Any man of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart , and places the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him according to the multitude of his idols.’

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 14:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 14:4, so the Hebrew word וְאָמַרְתָּ֨ (veamarta) 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.14.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.4.W3.S1) and character.