וְאָמְר֣וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְאָמְר֣וּ

   ve-a-me-RU

   and they will say
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְאָמְר֣וּ אֵלֶ֔יךָ

   ve-a-me-RU e-LE-kha

   and they will say to you
3. clause🔊 וְאָמְר֣וּ אֵלֶ֔יךָ הֲיָדֹ֙עַ֙ לֹ֣א נֵדַ֔ע כִּ֥י כָל־נֵ֖בֶל יִמָּ֥לֵא יָֽיִן׃

   ve-a-me-RU e-LE-kha ha-ya-DO-a LO ne-DA KI khal-NE-vel yim-ma-LE YA-yin

   and they will say to you knowing, do we not know not we know that, for every jar will be filled wine
4. sentence🔊 וְאָמַרְתָּ֨ אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֗ה כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כָּל־נֵ֖בֶל יִמָּ֣לֵא יָ֑יִן וְאָמְר֣וּ אֵלֶ֔יךָ הֲיָדֹ֙עַ֙ לֹ֣א נֵדַ֔ע כִּ֥י כָל־נֵ֖בֶל יִמָּ֥לֵא יָֽיִן׃

   ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL kal-NE-vel yim-ma-LE YA-yin ve-a-me-RU e-LE-kha ha-ya-DO-a LO ne-DA KI khal-NE-vel yim-ma-LE YA-yin

   and you shall say to them {the} word this thus said the LORD God of Israel every jar will be filled wine and they will say to you knowing, do we not know not we know that, for every jar will be filled wine

Exegesis

The people’s response begins with veamru {וְאָמְר֣וּ | wə-ʾām-rū} ‘and they shall say,’ leading into the emphatic question hayadoa lo neda {הֲיָדֹ֙עַ֙ לֹ֣א נֵדַ֔ע | ha-yā-dō-ʿa lō nə-ḏaʿ} ‘Do we not know…?’ Highlighting the obvious sets up the prophetic irony of the message.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 א־מ־רaleph–mem–resh

“to say”

• 🔊 אִמְרָהim-rāhutterancePsalm 119:38