Isaiah 22:4:5Isa.22.4.W5TAB
אֲמָרֵ֣ר
amarer
“I will be bitter, or I will weep bitterly”
- Transliteration
- a-ma-RER
- Extended
- ah-maa-REHR
- IPA
- /ʔămaˈreːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will be bitter, or I will weep bitterly
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-ma-RER
- phraseyour reading level
a-ma-RER ba-BE-khi
- clause
al-ken a-MAR-ti she-U mi-NI a-ma-RER ba-BE-khi
- sentence
al-ken a-MAR-ti she-U mi-NI a-ma-RER ba-BE-khi al-ta-I-tsu le-na-kha-ME-ni al-SHOD bat-a-MI
Exegesis
The cohortative piel amarer {אֲמָרֵר | ʾă-mā-rēr} ‘I will weep bitterly’ conveys intensified volitional grief, with babekhi {בַּבֶּכִי | bā-bê-khî} ‘in weeping’ situating the emotional context.
Root and etymology
RootMem–Resh–Resh
“to be bitter, grieve”
In context — Isaiah 22:4
Therefore I said, “Look away from me; I will bitterly weep in my tears. Do not hurry to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people .”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 22:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 22:4, so the Hebrew word אֲמָרֵ֣ר (amarer) 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.22.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.22.4.W5.S1) and character.