Job 19:28:2Job.19.28.W2TAB
תֹ֭אמְרוּ
tomeru
“you {plural} say”
- Transliteration
- to-ME-ru
- Extended
- toh-MEH-roo
- IPA
- /toːˈməruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you {plural} 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
- clause
KI to-ME-ru mah-NIR-daf-LO
- sentence
KI to-ME-ru mah-NIR-daf-LO ve-SHO-resh da-VAR nim-TSA-BI
Exegesis
The adversative conjunction ki {כִּי | ki | kî} ‘for/because’ frames the objection introduced by tomeru {תֹאמְרוּ | tomeru | tōʾmərû} ‘you will say’.
Root and etymology
consonantsAleph–Mem–Resh
“to say, speak”
In context — Job 19:28
If you say, “Why do we pursue him?”—yet the root of the matter is found in me.
About this coordinate
Job 19:28:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 19:28, so the Hebrew word תֹ֭אמְרוּ (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 Job.19.28.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.28.W2.S1) and character.