Isaiah 18:4:3Isa.18.4.W3TAB
אָמַ֤ר
amar
“said”
- Transliteration
- a-MAR
- Extended
- aa-MAHR
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈmar/
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
KI KHO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH
- 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
- 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 context — Isaiah 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.