Ezekiel 16:3:11Ezek.16.3.W11TAB
הָאֱמֹרִ֖י
haemori
“the Amorite”
- Transliteration
- ha-e-mo-RI
- Extended
- haa-eh-moh-RI
- IPA
- /hɑːʔɛmoːˈriː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Amorite
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ha-e-mo-RI
- phraseyour reading level
a-VIKH ha-e-mo-RI
- clause
a-VIKH ha-e-mo-RI ve-i-MEKH khi-TIT
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH li-ru-sha-LA-yim me-kho-ro-TA-yikh u-mol-do-TA-yikh me-E-rets ha-ke-na-ni a-VIKH ha-e-mo-RI ve-i-MEKH khi-TIT
Exegesis
The constructs avikh haemori {אָבִ֥יךְ הָאֱמֹרִ֖י | ʾā-viḵ hā-ʾĕ-mo-rî} and veimmekh chittit {וְאִמֵּ֥ךְ חִתִּית׃ | və-ʾim-mē-ḵ ḥit-tît} use familial metaphor for mixed heritage. English preserves parallelism for emphasis.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to say”
In context — Ezekiel 16:3
And you shall say, “Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem: Your origins and your births are from the land of Canaan; your father was an Amorite, and your mother a Hittite.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:3:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 16:3, so the Hebrew word הָאֱמֹרִ֖י (haemori) 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.16.3.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.3.W11.S1) and character.