Ezekiel 19:2:1Ezek.19.2.W1TAB
וְאָמַרְתָּ֗
veamarta
“and you said”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-MAR-ta
- Extended
- veh-ah-MAHR-tah
- IPA
- /wəʔaˈmartɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you said
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-MAR-ta
- clause
ve-a-MAR-ta MA IM-me-kha le-vi-YA BEN a-ra-YOT ra-va-TSA
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta MA IM-me-kha le-vi-YA BEN a-ra-YOT ra-va-TSA be-TOKH ke-fi-RIM rib-be-TA gu-re-HA
Exegesis
The verse opens with ve’amarta {וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ | wə-ʾā-mar-tā}, a Qal perfect verb introducing prophetic speech, followed by the interrogative mah {מָ֤ה | mā}, which frames a rhetorical question.
In context — Ezekiel 19:2
And you shall say, “What was your mother? A lioness . She lay down among the lions; amid the young lions she reared her cubs.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 19:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 19:2, so the Hebrew word וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ (veamarta) 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.19.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.2.W1.S1) and character.