Ezekiel 20:30:2Ezek.20.30.W2TAB
אֱמֹ֣ר
emor
“say”
- Transliteration
- e-MOR
- Extended
- eh-MOHR
- IPA
- /ʔɛˈmoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- say
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-MOR
- phraseyour reading level
e-MOR el-BET yis-ra-EL
- sentence
la-KHEN e-MOR el-BET yis-ra-EL KO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI hab-de-REKH a-vo-te-KHEM a-TEM nit-me-IM ve-a-kha-REI shi-ku-tse-HEM a-TEM zo-NIM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the inferential adverb lakhen {לָכֵן | lā-ḵēn} ‘therefore’ introducing prophetic speech, followed by the Qal imperative emor {אֱמֹר | ʾĕ-mōr} ‘say’ and the prepositional phrase el beit yisrael {אֶל־בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾel-bêt-yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘to the house of Israel’.
The formulaic koh amar adonai YHWH {כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה | kō ʾā-mar ʾă-dō-nāy Yə-hō-wāh} marks divine proclamation.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — Ezekiel 20:30
Therefore say to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord GOD —Is it in the way of your fathers that you defile yourselves and after their abominations you commit harlotry?”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:30:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 20:30, so the Hebrew word אֱמֹ֣ר (emor) 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.20.30.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.30.W2.S1) and character.