Ezekiel 17:12:1Ezek.17.12.W1TAB
אֱמָר־נָא֙
emarna
“say, please”
- Transliteration
- e-MAR-NA
- Extended
- eh-MAAR-naa
- IPA
- /ʔɛˈmaːr.naː/
Meaning by language
- English
- say, please
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-MAR-NA
- clause
e-MAR-NA le-VET ha-ME-ri ha-LO ye-Da-TE-m MA-E-le
- sentence
e-MAR-NA le-VET ha-ME-ri ha-LO ye-Da-TE-m MA-E-le e-MOR hi-NE-VA ME-lekh-BA-vel ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yik-KAKH ET-mal-KA ve-ET-sa-RE-ha va-ya-VE o-TAM e-LAV BA-ve-LA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the emphatic call of emar-na {אֱמָר־נָא | ʾĕ-mār-nāʾ} ‘say now,’ using the entreaty particle na to urge the audience.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-r
“to say, speak”
In context — Ezekiel 17:12
Say now to the house of rebellion , "Do you not know what these things mean? Say, 'Behold, the king of Babylon has come to Jerusalem and has taken her king and her princes , and he has brought them to him, to Babylon.'"
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 17:12, so the Hebrew word אֱמָר־נָא֙ (emarna) 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.17.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.12.W1.S1) and character.