Ezekiel 18:29:1Ezek.18.29.W1TAB
וְאָֽמְרוּ֙
veamreu
“and they say”
- Transliteration
- ve-AM-reu
- Extended
- veh-AAM-reu
- IPA
- /wəʔamˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they say
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-AM-reu
- clause
ve-AM-reu BET yis-re-EL LO yit-ta-KHEN DE-rekh a-do-NAI
- sentence
ve-AM-reu BET yis-re-EL LO yit-ta-KHEN DE-rekh a-do-NAI had-de-ra-KHAI LO yit-ta-khe-NU BET yis-re-EL ha-LO dar-khe-KHEM LO yit-ta-KHEN
Exegesis
The verse opens with the waw-consecutive ve’omru {וְאָֽמְרוּ | wə-’ōmərū} ‘and they say,’ introducing reported speech.
In context — Ezekiel 18:29
And the house of Israel says, “The way of the Lord is not fair .” Are My ways not fair, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are not fair?
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:29:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 18:29, so the Hebrew word וְאָֽמְרוּ֙ (veamreu) 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.18.29.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.29.W1.S1) and character.