Isaiah 18:4:3Isa.18.4.W3TAB

אָמַ֤ר

amar

said

Transliteration
a-MAR
Extended
aa-MAHR
IPA
/ʔaːˈmar/

Meaning by language

English
said

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Result
אָ + מַ֤ר
a + mar
amar

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-MAR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KI KHO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    KI KHO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI e-sho-KO-ta e-she-ko-TA ve-a-bi-TA vim-kho-NI

  4. sentence

    KI KHO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI e-sho-KO-ta e-she-ko-TA ve-a-bi-TA vim-kho-NI ke-KHOM TSAKH a-LE-OR ke-AV TAL be-KHOM ka-TSIR

Exegesis

The verse begins with the causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’, introducing the divine oracle marked by the formula koh amar {כֹה אָמַר | kôh ‘thus said’}.

Root and etymology

ʾ-m-rʾ–m–r

say

In contextIsaiah 18:4

For thus the LORD said to me, “I will be quiet and I will observe from My dwelling place, like clear heat upon the light, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

About this coordinate

Isaiah 18:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Isaiah 18:4, so the Hebrew word אָמַ֤ר (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 Isa.18.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.18.4.W3.S1) and character.