Jeremiah 22:14:1Jer.22.14.W1TAB
הָאֹמֵ֗ר
haomer
“the one saying”
- Transliteration
- ha-o-MER
- Extended
- haa-oh-MEER
- IPA
- /haːʔoˈmeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the one saying
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-o-MER
- clause
ha-o-MER e-ve-NE-LI BET mi-DOT va-a-li-YOT me-ru-va-KHIM
- sentence
ha-o-MER e-ve-NE-LI BET mi-DOT va-a-li-YOT me-ru-va-KHIM ve-ka-RA LO kha-lo-NAY ve-sa-FUN ba-A-rez u-ma-SHO-akh ba-sha-SHAR
Exegesis
The verse opens with the participial clause haomer {הָאֹמֵ֗ר | hā-’ō-mēr} ‘the one who says,’ which sets the characteristic action before the main verbs.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — Jeremiah 22:14
The one who says, “I will build myself a house of great dimensions and spacious upper rooms, and he cuts out windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion .”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 22:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 22:14, so the Hebrew word הָאֹמֵ֗ר (haomer) 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.22.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.14.W1.S1) and character.