Leviticus 23:10:4Lev.23.10.W4TAB
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣
veamartaa
“say”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-mar-TAA
- Extended
- veh-ah-mar-TAA
- IPA
- /və.ʔaˈmar.taː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-mar-TAA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-mar-TAA ah-le-HEM
- clause
da-BER el-be-NEE yis-ra-EHL ve-a-mar-TAA ah-le-HEM ki-ta-VO-oo el-ha-A-rets a-SHER a-NI no-TEN la-KHEM oo-ke-tsar-TEHM et-ke-tseer-RAH
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEE yis-ra-EHL ve-a-mar-TAA ah-le-HEM ki-ta-VO-oo el-ha-A-rets a-SHER a-NI no-TEN la-KHEM oo-ke-tsar-TEHM et-ke-tseer-RAH va-ha-VEH-tem et-OH-mer reh-SHEET ke-tseer-KHEM el-ha-ko-HEN
Exegesis
The verse begins with dabber {דַּבֵּ֞ר | dabber} ‘speak’ in the Piel imperative, immediately followed by ve-amarta {וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ | wəʾāmārtā} ‘and you shall say’, framing a two-stage command.
Root and etymology
א-מ-ר
“to say, utter”
In context — Leviticus 23:10
Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, “When you enter the land which I am giving to you and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest.”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 23:10, so the Hebrew word וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ (veamartaa) 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.23.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.10.W4.S1) and character.