Jeremiah 23:35:2Jer.23.35.W2TAB
תֹאמְר֛וּ
tomeru
“you shall say”
- Transliteration
- to-me-RU
- Extended
- toh-meh-RUU
- IPA
- /toːm.əˈruː/
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
to-me-RU
- phraseyour reading level
KO to-me-RU
- clause
KO to-me-RU ISH al-re-E-hu ve-ISH el-a-KHIv
- sentence
KO to-me-RU ISH al-re-E-hu ve-ISH el-a-KHIv me-a-NA Ye-ho-VAH u-ma-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with koh {כֹּה | kō} ‘thus’, marking an oracular introduction followed by tomru {תֹאמְרוּ | tō-ʾmərū} ‘you shall say’, a Qal imperfect imperative addressing the community.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — Jeremiah 23:35
Thus you shall say, each man to his neighbor and each man to his brother, “What did the LORD answer? And what did the LORD speak?”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:35:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Jeremiah 23:35, so the Hebrew word תֹאמְר֛וּ (tomeru) 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.23.35.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.35.W2.S1) and character.