Jeremiah 14:10:1Jer.14.10.W1TAB
כֹּֽה־אָמַ֨ר
koomar
“thus said”
- Transliteration
- ko-O-mar
- Extended
- koh-OH-mahr
- IPA
- /koːˈʔaː.mar/
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-O-mar
- phraseyour reading level
ko-O-mar Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ko-O-mar Ye-ho-VAH la-AM ha-ZEH KEN a-ha-VU la-NU-a rag-le-E-hem LO kha-sa-KHU
- sentence
ko-O-mar Ye-ho-VAH la-AM ha-ZEH KEN a-ha-VU la-NU-a rag-le-E-hem LO kha-sa-KHU va-ye-ho-VAH LO ra-TSAM a-TA yiz-KOR a-vo-NAM ve-yif-KOD kha-to-TA-m
Exegesis
The verse begins with koh ʾāmar {כֹּה אָמַר | kō ʾā-mar} ‘thus He said,’ introducing a divine oracle with YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} as speaker.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-rʾ–m–r
“to say, speak”
In context — Jeremiah 14:10
“Thus says the LORD to this people: They love to wander; they do not restrain their feet. Therefore the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and attend to their sins.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 14:10, so the Hebrew word כֹּֽה־אָמַ֨ר (koomar) 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.14.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.10.W1.S1) and character.