Ezekiel 20:3:8Ezek.20.3.W8TAB
אָמַ֖ר
amar
“says”
- Transliteration
- a-MAR
- Extended
- ah-MAHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- says
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-MAR
- phraseyour reading level
KO a-MAR
- clause
ben-A-dam da-BER et-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-MAR-ta a-LE-hem KO a-MAR a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VI
- sentence
ben-A-dam da-BER et-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-MAR-ta a-LE-hem KO a-MAR a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VI ha-lid-ROSH o-TI a-TEM ba-IM khai-a-NI im-id-da-RESH la-KHEM ne-UM a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VI
Exegesis
The heraldic particle koh {כֹּה | kō} ‘thus’ and Qal perfect amar {אָמַר | ʾāmar} ‘says’ introduce the divine word, with the compound title Adonai YHWH {אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה | ʾă-ḏōnāy Yəhōwāh} ‘the Lord GOD’ underscoring authority.
Root and etymology
RootAleph, Mem, Resh
“to say, speak”
In context — Ezekiel 20:3
Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, “Thus says the Lord GOD : Is it to inquire of Me that you have come? As I live , I will not be inquired of by you, declares the Lord GOD.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 20:3, so the Hebrew word אָמַ֖ר (amar) 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.20.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.3.W8.S1) and character.