Ezekiel 20:8:15Ezek.20.8.W15TAB
וָאֹמַ֞ר
vaomar
“and I said”
- Transliteration
- va-o-MAR
- Extended
- vaa-oh-MAHR
- IPA
- /vaːʔoˈmar/
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
- clause
va-o-MAR lish-POKH kha-ma-TI a-le-HEM le-khal-LOT A-PI ba-HEM be-TOKH E-rets mits-ra-YIM
- sentence
va-ye-ma-ra-RU-VI ve-LO A-VU lish-MO-a E-LAI ISH et-shik-ku-TSEI e-ne-HEM LO hish-li-KHU ve-et-gil-lu-LEI mits-ra-YIM LO a-za-VU va-o-MAR lish-POKH kha-ma-TI a-le-HEM le-khal-LOT A-PI ba-HEM be-TOKH E-rets mits-ra-YIM
Exegesis
The vav consecutive wā-ʾō-mar {וָאֹמַר | wā-ʾō-mar} ‘then I said’ introduces purpose clauses via the infinitives lišpōḥ {לִשְׁפֹּךְ | liš-pō-ḥ} ‘to pour out’ and ləkallōṯ {לְכַלּוֹת | lə-kal-lōṯ} ‘to complete’, linking divine pronouncement to its consummation.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-rAleph–Mem–Resh
“to speak”
In context — Ezekiel 20:8
But they rebelled against Me and were unwilling to listen to Me; they did not cast away the detestable things of their eyes , nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said that I would pour out My wrath upon them to bring My anger to completion in the midst of the land of Egypt.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:8:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Ezekiel 20:8, so the Hebrew word וָאֹמַ֞ר (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.20.8.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.8.W15.S1) and character.