Judges 19:30:3Judg.19.30.W3TAB
וְאָמַר֙
veamar
“and will say”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-MAR
- Extended
- veh-aaa-MAHR
- IPA
- /vəʔaːˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and will say
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-MAR
- clause
ve-ha-YA khol-ha-ro-E ve-a-MAR lo-ni-he-ye-TA ve-lo-nir-a-TA ka-ZOT le-mi-YOM a-loT be-NE-yi-sra-EL me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
- sentence
ve-ha-YA khol-ha-ro-E ve-a-MAR lo-ni-he-ye-TA ve-lo-nir-a-TA ka-ZOT le-mi-YOM a-loT be-NE-yi-sra-EL me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM AD ha-YOM ha-ZE si-MU-la-KHEM a-le-HA u-TSU ve-dab-BE-ru
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive ve-amar {וְאָמַר | və-’ā-mar} introduces reported speech.
In context — Judges 19:30
And it came to pass that everyone who saw it said, “Nothing like this has ever happened or been seen since the day the sons of Israel went up from the land of Egypt until this day. Give careful counsel , and speak out.”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:30:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 19:30, so the Hebrew word וְאָמַר֙ (veamar) 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.19.30.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.30.W3.S1) and character.