Jeremiah 19:11:1Jer.19.11.W1TAB
וְאָמַרְתָּ֨
veamarta
“and you shall say”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-MAR-ta
- Extended
- veh-ah-MAR-tah
- IPA
- /wəʔaˈmartɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-MAR-ta
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM
- clause
ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ka-KHA eSH-be-OR et-ha-AM ha-ZE ve-et-ha-IR ha-ZOT ka-a-SHER yiSH-bor et-ke-LI ha-yo-TSER a-SHER lo-yu-KHAL le-he-ra-FE OD
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ka-KHA eSH-be-OR et-ha-AM ha-ZE ve-et-ha-IR ha-ZOT ka-a-SHER yiSH-bor et-ke-LI ha-yo-TSER a-SHER lo-yu-KHAL le-he-ra-FE OD u-ve-TO-fet yik-be-RU me-EN ma-KOM lik-BOR
Exegesis
The prophetic imperative veamarta {וְאָמַרְתָּ֨ | wə-ʾā-mar-tā} initiates the pronouncement.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to speak”
In context — Jeremiah 19:11
And you shall say to them, "Thus says the LORD of hosts : 'So will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel that cannot be repaired again, and in Topheth they will bury for lack of a place to bury.'"
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 19:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 19:11, so the Hebrew word וְאָמַרְתָּ֨ (veamarta) 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.19.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.19.11.W1.S1) and character.