Leviticus 17:12:2Lev.17.12.W2TAB
אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙
ahmartee
“I said”
- Transliteration
- ah-mar-TEE
- Extended
- ah-mar-TEE
- IPA
- /ʔa.marˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I said
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ah-mar-TEE
- phraseyour reading level
al-KEN ah-mar-TEE
- clause
al-KEN ah-mar-TEE liv-NEH yis-ra-EL kol-NE-fesh mi-KEM loh-TO-KHAL DAM
- sentence
al-KEN ah-mar-TEE liv-NEH yis-ra-EL kol-NE-fesh mi-KEM loh-TO-KHAL DAM veh-ha-GEHR ha-GAR beh-TOHK-khe-KHEM loh-YO-KHAL DAM
Exegesis
The verb amarti {אָמַרְתִּי | ʾāmār-tî} in the Qal perfect first person singular introduces divine speech.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph-mem-resh
“to say”
In context — Leviticus 17:12
Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, “Every soul among you shall not eat blood, and the sojourner who sojourns among you shall not eat blood.”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 17:12, so the Hebrew word אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ (ahmartee) 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.17.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.12.W2.S1) and character.