Genesis 22:2:17Gen.22.2.W17TAB
אֹמַ֥ר
omar
“I will tell”
- Transliteration
- o-MAR
- Extended
- oh-MAHR
- IPA
- /ʔoˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will tell
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
o-MAR
- phraseyour reading level
o-MAR e-LE-kha
- clause
ve-ha-a-LE-hu SHAM le-o-LA AL a-KHAD he-ha-RIM a-SHER o-MAR e-LE-kha
- sentence
va-YO-mer kakh-NA et-bin-KHA et-ye-kheed-KHA a-sher-a-hav-TA et-yits-KHAK ve-lekh-le-KHA el-E-rets ha-mo-ri-YA ve-ha-a-LE-hu SHAM le-o-LA AL a-KHAD he-ha-RIM a-SHER o-MAR e-LE-kha
Exegesis
The verse opens with the wayyiqtol form vayomer {וַיֹּ֡אמֶר | way-yō-mer} ‘and He said’, which continues the divine narration from the prior passage.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — Genesis 22:2
And He said, “Please take Isaac, your son—your only one —whom you have loved, and go to the land of Moriah. There, offer him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I will point out to you.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 22:2:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Genesis 22:2, so the Hebrew word אֹמַ֥ר (omar) 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.22.2.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.22.2.W17.S1) and character.