Jeremiah 16:10:9Jer.16.10.W9TAB
וְאָמְר֣וּ
veamru
“and they will say”
- Transliteration
- ve-am-RU
- Extended
- veh-aam-ROO
- IPA
- /vɛʔɔmˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will say
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-am-RU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-am-RU e-LE-kha
- clause
ve-am-RU e-LE-kha al-ME di-BER Ye-ho-VAH a-LE-nu ET KAL-ha-ra-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT u-ME a-vo-NE-nu u-ME kha-ta-TE-nu a-SHER kha-ta-NU la-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu
- sentence
ve-ha-YA KI ta-GID la-AM ha-ZE ET KAL-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le ve-am-RU e-LE-kha al-ME di-BER Ye-ho-VAH a-LE-nu ET KAL-ha-ra-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT u-ME a-vo-NE-nu u-ME kha-ta-TE-nu a-SHER kha-ta-NU la-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu
Exegesis
The verb ve-amru ʾe-le-kha {וְאָמְרוּ אֵלֶיךָ | wə-ʾāmə-rû ʾē-le-ḵā} ‘and they said to you’ introduces two parallel interrogative clauses: ʿal-meh dibber Yə-hō-Wāh ʿā-lê-nu {עַל־מֶה דִבֶּר יְהוָה עָלֵינוּ | ʿal-mê dib-bēr Yə-hō-Wāh ʿā-lê-nû} ‘upon what has the LORD spoken against us,’ and û-meh ʿă-vô-nê-nu û-meh ḥat-tā-ṯê-nu ă-šer ḥā-ṭā-nu {וּמֶה עֲוֹנֵנוּ וּמֶה חַטָּאתֵנוּ אֲשֶׁר חָטָאנוּ | û-meh ʿă-vô-nê-nû û-meh ḥat-tā-ṯê-nû ʾă-šer ḥā-ṭā-nu} ‘what is our iniquity and what is our sin that we have sinned.’ The use of avonenu and chattatenu creates a nuance between moral perversity and covenant violation.
Root and etymology
“to say, speak”
In context — Jeremiah 16:10
And it shall be, when you declare all these words to this people, that they will say to you, “Why has the LORD declared all this great evil against us? What is our iniquity, and what is our sin which we have sinned against the LORD our God?”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Jeremiah 16:10, so the Hebrew word וְאָמְר֣וּ (veamru) 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.16.10.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.10.W9.S1) and character.