Hosea 13:2:15Hos.13.2.W15TAB
אֹמְרִ֣ים
omerim
“are saying”
- Transliteration
- o-me-RIM
- Extended
- oh-meh-REEM
- IPA
- /ʔoːməˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- are saying
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
o-me-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
o-me-RIM zov-KHE a-DAM
- clause
HEM o-me-RIM zov-KHE a-DAM a-ga-LIM yi-sha-KUN
- sentence
ve-a-TA po-si-FU la-kha-TO va-ya-A-SU la-HEM ma-se-KHA mi-kas-PAM kit-vu-NAM a-tsa-BIM ma-a-SE kha-ra-SHIM ku-LO la-HEM HEM o-me-RIM zov-KHE a-DAM a-ga-LIM yi-sha-KUN
Exegesis
The clause hem omrim {הֵם אֹמְרִים | hēm ʾō-mə-rîm} introduces reported speech, and the participle zovkhei adam yishshakun {זֹבְחֵי אָדָם יִשָּׁקֽוּן | zōv-ḥê ʾā-dām yiš-šā-qûn} functions as a slogan: ‘Those who sacrifice humans kiss calves,’ with the imperfect used jussively within the quotation to convey communal acclamation.
In context — Hosea 13:2
And now they keep adding to sin , and they make for themselves a cast image from their silver, according to their own design—idols, all of it the work of craftsmen . They say, “Let those who sacrifice humans kiss calves.”
About this coordinate
Hosea 13:2:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Hosea 13:2, so the Hebrew word אֹמְרִ֣ים (omerim) 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 Hos.13.2.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.2.W15.S1) and character.