Ezekiel 20:18:1Ezek.20.18.W1TAB
וָאֹמַ֤ר
vaomar
“and I said”
- Transliteration
- va-O-MAR
- Extended
- vaa-OH-MAHR
- IPA
- /vɔʔoˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I said
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-O-MAR
- phraseyour reading level
va-O-MAR el-be-NE-hem
- clause
va-O-MAR el-be-NE-hem ba-mid-BAR be-khu-KO-te a-VO-te-khem al-te-LE-khu ve-ET-mish-pe-TE-hem al-tish-MO-ru
- sentence
va-O-MAR el-be-NE-hem ba-mid-BAR be-khu-KO-te a-VO-te-khem al-te-LE-khu ve-ET-mish-pe-TE-hem al-tish-MO-ru u-ve-gil-lu-LE-hem al-tit-tam-MA-u
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive wayyiqtol va’omar {וָאֹמַר | wā-’ō-mar} ‘and I said,’ marking divine speech continuation.
Root and etymology
ע־מ־ר
“to say”
In context — Ezekiel 20:18
And I said to their children in the wilderness, “Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, and do not keep their ordinances, and do not defile yourselves with their idols.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 20:18, so the Hebrew word וָאֹמַ֤ר (vaomar) 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.20.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.18.W1.S1) and character.