Ezekiel 16:3:2Ezek.16.3.W2TAB
כֹּה־אָמַ֨ר
koamar
“thus said”
- Transliteration
- ko-a-MAR
- Extended
- koh-ah-MAR
- IPA
- /koːʔaˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- thus said
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
ko-a-MAR
- phraseyour reading level
ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH
- clause
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
- 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 formula koh-amar {כֹּה־אָמַ֨ר | kō-ʾāmar} ‘thus says’ introduces direct divine discourse.
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 16:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 16:3, so the Hebrew word כֹּה־אָמַ֨ר (koamar) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.3.W2.S1) and character.