Jeremiah 13:12:5Jer.13.12.W5TAB
כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר
koamar
“thus said”
- Transliteration
- ko-a-MAR
- Extended
- koh-ah-MAHR
Meaning by language
- English
- thus said
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
ko-a-MAR
- phraseyour reading level
ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH
- clause
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
- sentence
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
Exegesis
The particle koh {כֹּה־ | kōh} ‘thus’ with amar {אָמַ֤ר | ʾā-mar} ‘said’ frames the speech of YHWH {יְהוָה֙ | Yəhōwāh} and his title Elohei Yisrael {אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | ʾĕ-lō-hê yis-rā-ʾêl}, identifying Him as Israel’s God.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — Jeremiah 13:12
And you shall say to them this word: Thus says the LORD God of Israel , “Every jar shall be filled with wine.” And they will say to you, “Do we not surely know that every jar shall be filled with wine?”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 13:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 13:12, so the Hebrew word כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר (koamar) 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 Jer.13.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.12.W5.S1) and character.