Genesis 21:16:9Gen.21.16.W9TAB
אֽ͏ָמְרָ֔ה
amra
“she said”
- Transliteration
- am-RA
- Extended
- ahm-RAA
- IPA
- /ʔaːm.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- she 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
am-RA
- phraseyour reading level
KI am-RA
- clause
va-te-LEKH va-TE-shev LAH min-NE-ged har-KHEK ki-me-ta-kha-VEI KE-shet KI am-RA al-er-E be-MOT ha-YA-led
- sentence
va-te-LEKH va-TE-shev LAH min-NE-ged har-KHEK ki-me-ta-kha-VEI KE-shet KI am-RA al-er-E be-MOT ha-YA-led va-TE-shev min-NE-ged va-ti-SA et-ko-LAH vat-TEVK
Exegesis
The clause ki amrah {כִּי אָמְרָה | kî ʾāmrāh} ‘for she said’ introduces her plea, with al ereh {אַל־אֶרְאֶה | ʾal-ʾer-ʾeh} ‘Let me not see’ intensifying her emotional refusal.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-rAleph–Mem–Resh
“to say; to utter”
In context — Genesis 21:16
She went and sat down by herself, opposite, at a distance like the range of a bow, for she said, “Let me not see the death of the boy .” And she sat opposite and lifted her voice and wept.
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 21:16, so the Hebrew word אֽ͏ָמְרָ֔ה (amra) 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.21.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.16.W9.S1) and character.