Jeremiah 13:21:1Jer.13.21.W1TAB
מַה־תֹּֽאמְרִי֙
matomeri
“what will you say”
- Transliteration
- ma-to-ME-ri
- Extended
- mah-toh-MEH-ree
- IPA
- /mah-toːˈmriː/
Meaning by language
- English
- what will you say
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-to-ME-ri
- clause
ma-to-ME-ri ki-yif-KOD a-LA-yikh ve-AT lim-MAD o-TAM a-LA-yikh a-lu-FIM le-ROSH
- sentence
ma-to-ME-ri ki-yif-KOD a-LA-yikh ve-AT lim-MAD o-TAM a-LA-yikh a-lu-FIM le-ROSH ha-LO kha-va-LIM yo-khe-ZU-kh ke-MO E-shet le-DA
Exegesis
The verse begins with the interrogative mahtʼomri {מַה־תֹּאמְרִי֙ | māh-tõ-ʾem-rî} ‘what will you say’ framing a rhetorical question.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — Jeremiah 13:21
What will you say when He visits you after you have trained them as close allies to be head over you? Will not birth pangs seize you like a woman in labor?
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 13:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 13:21, so the Hebrew word מַה־תֹּֽאמְרִי֙ (matomeri) 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.13.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.21.W1.S1) and character.