Leviticus 15:2:4Lev.15.2.W4TAB
וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם
vaamartem
“say”
- Transliteration
- va-a-mar-TEM
- Extended
- vah-ah-mar-TEM
- IPA
- /va.ʔa.marˈtem/
Meaning by language
- English
- say
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-mar-TEM
- clause
dab-be-RU el-be-NEH yis-ra-EL va-a-mar-TEM a-le-HEM
- sentence
dab-be-RU el-be-NEH yis-ra-EL va-a-mar-TEM a-le-HEM EESH EESH KI yi-he-YEH ZAV mib-be-SA-RO zo-VO ta-ME HU
Exegesis
The verse begins with the verbs dabberu {דַּבְּרוּ | dabberu} ‘speak’ and va-amartem {וַאֲמַרְתֶּם | va-amartem} ‘and you shall say’ in sequence, establishing a priestly directive.
In context — Leviticus 15:2
Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them: “Any man, when there is a discharge from his flesh, that discharge makes him unclean .”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 15:2, so the Hebrew word וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם (vaamartem) 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 Lev.15.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.2.W4.S1) and character.