Jeremiah 21:4:1Jer.21.4.W1TAB
כֹּֽה־אָמַ֨ר
koamar
“thus said”
- Transliteration
- KO-a-MAR
- Extended
- KOH-ah-MAAR
- IPA
- /koː.ʔaˈmaːr/
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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Word in context
- word
KO-a-MAR
- phraseyour reading level
KO-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH
- clause
KO-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL hin-NI me-SEV et-ke-LE ha-mil-kha-MA a-SHER be-yed-KHEM a-SHER a-TEM nil-kha-MIM BAM et-ME-lekh ba-VEL ve-et-ha-kas-DIM ha-tsa-RIM a-LE-khem mi-KHUTS la-kho-MA
- sentence
KO-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL hin-NI me-SEV et-ke-LE ha-mil-kha-MA a-SHER be-yed-KHEM a-SHER a-TEM nil-kha-MIM BAM et-ME-lekh ba-VEL ve-et-ha-kas-DIM ha-tsa-RIM a-LE-khem mi-KHUTS la-kho-MA ve-a-saf-TI o-TAM el-TOKH ha-IR ha-ZOT
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prophetic formula koh amar {כֹּה־אָמַר | kō ʾā-mar} “thus says,” marking a divine oracle.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — Jeremiah 21:4
Thus says the LORD God of Israel : Behold, I am turning back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the wall, and I will gather them into the midst of this city.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 21:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 21:4, so the Hebrew word כֹּֽה־אָמַ֨ר (koamar) 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.21.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.21.4.W1.S1) and character.