Jeremiah 21:3:5Jer.21.3.W5TAB
תֹאמְרֻ֖ן
tomerun
“you shall say”
- Transliteration
- to-me-RUN
- Extended
- toh-meh-RUHN
- IPA
- /toː.məˈrun/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall say
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
to-me-RUN
- phraseyour reading level
KO to-me-RUN
- clause
KO to-me-RUN el-tsid-ki-YA-hu
- sentence
va-YO-mer yir-me-YA-hu a-le-HEM KO to-me-RUN el-tsid-ki-YA-hu
Exegesis
The demonstrative koh {כֹּה | kō} ‘thus’ introduces a prophetic formula, and the Qal imperfect toʾmerun {תֹאמְרֻ֖ן | tōʾmərun} ‘you shall say’ issues a second-person plural command.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — Jeremiah 21:3
Jeremiah said to them, “This is what you are to say to Zedekiah .”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 21:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 21:3, so the Hebrew word תֹאמְרֻ֖ן (tomerun) 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.21.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.21.3.W5.S1) and character.