Judges 15:2:4Judg.15.2.W4TAB

אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙

amarte

I said

Transliteration
a-MAR-te
Extended
aa-MAHR-teh
IPA
/ʔaːˈmar.tiː/

Meaning by language

English
I said

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אָ + מַ֙רְ + תִּי֙
a + mar + te
amarte

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-MAR-te

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-MOR a-MAR-te

  3. clause

    va-yo-MER a-VI-ha a-MOR a-MAR-te KI-sa-NO se-ne-TA va-et-te-NE-na le-me-RE-kha

  4. sentence

    va-yo-MER a-VI-ha a-MOR a-MAR-te KI-sa-NO se-ne-TA va-et-te-NE-na le-me-RE-kha ha-LO a-KHO-ta ha-ke-ta-NA to-VA mim-me-NA te-HI-na le-KHA ta-khe-TE-ha

Exegesis

The infinitive absolute amor {אָמֹר | ’āmôr} paired with the perfect ’āmar’tî {אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ | ’āmar’tî} intensifies the declaration.

Root and etymology

’-m-raleph–mem–resh

to speak, declare

In contextJudges 15:2

Her father said, “I truly said , ‘I was sure you hated her,’ so I gave her to your companion. Is her younger sister not preferable to her? Please let her be yours instead.”

About this coordinate

Judges 15:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 15:2, so the Hebrew word אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ (amarte) 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 Judg.15.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.2.W4.S1) and character.