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

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Result
וְ + אָֽמְ + רוּ֙
ve + am + reu
veamreu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-AM-reu

  2. clause

    ve-AM-reu BET yis-re-EL LO yit-ta-KHEN DE-rekh a-do-NAI

  3. 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 contextEzekiel 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.