Genesis 13:14:2Gen.13.14.W2TAB
אָמַ֣ר
amar
“said”
- Transliteration
- a-MAR
- Extended
- ah-MAHR
- IPA
- /ʔaː.ˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- said
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
a-MAR el-av-RAM
- clause
va-ye-ho-VAH a-MAR el-av-RAM a-kha-REI hip-pa-red-LOT me-im-MO SA NA ei-NE-kha u-re-E min-ha-ma-KOM a-sher-a-TA SHAM
- sentence
va-ye-ho-VAH a-MAR el-av-RAM a-kha-REI hip-pa-red-LOT me-im-MO SA NA ei-NE-kha u-re-E min-ha-ma-KOM a-sher-a-TA SHAM tsa-FO-na va-NEG-ba va-KED-ma va-YAM-ma
Exegesis
The verb amar {אָמַר | ʾāmar} ‘said’ signals the divine address.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“say”
In context — Genesis 13:14
After Lot had separated from him, the LORD said to Abram, “Please lift up your eyes and look out from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 13:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 13:14, so the Hebrew word אָמַ֣ר (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 Gen.13.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.14.W2.S1) and character.