Ezekiel 18:19:1Ezek.18.19.W1TAB
וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם
vaamartem
“and you say”
- Transliteration
- va-a-mar-TEM
- Extended
- vah-ah-mahr-TEM
- IPA
- /vaʔă.marˈtɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you say
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-mar-TEM
- clause
va-a-mar-TEM mad-DU-a lo-NA-sa ha-BEN ba-a-VON ha-AV
- sentence
va-a-mar-TEM mad-DU-a lo-NA-sa ha-BEN ba-a-VON ha-AV ve-ha-BEN mish-PAT u-tsda-KA a-SA ET kol-khu-KO-tai sha-MAR va-ya-a-SE o-TAM kha-YO yikh-YE
Exegesis
The verse opens with the second-person plural address va'amartem {וַאֲמַרְתֶּם | wa-ʾă-mar-tem} 'and you say', introducing a rhetorical objection.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ–m–r
“to say, speak”
In context — Ezekiel 18:19
Yet you say, "Why does the son not bear the iniquity of the father?" When the son has done justice and righteousness, and has observed all My statutes and has done them, he shall surely live.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 18:19, so the Hebrew word וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם (vaamartem) 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.18.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.19.W1.S1) and character.