Leviticus 25:20:2Lev.25.20.W2TAB
תֹאמְר֔וּ
tohemroo
“say”
- Transliteration
- toh-em-ROO
- Extended
- toh-ehm-ROO
- IPA
- /toʔəmˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- say
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
toh-em-ROO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KHEE toh-em-ROO
- clause
ve-KHEE toh-em-ROO mah-noh-KHAL bah-sha-NAH hah-sheh-vee-ITH
- sentence
ve-KHEE toh-em-ROO mah-noh-KHAL bah-sha-NAH hah-sheh-vee-ITH HEN LO niz-RAA veh-LO ne-e-SOF et-teh-voo-ah-TEH-noo
Exegesis
The imperfect verb tōʾamərû {תֹאמְרוּ | tōʾamərû} ‘you say’ marks the hypothetical objection.
In context — Leviticus 25:20
And if you say, “What will we eat in the seventh year ?” Behold, we will not sow nor will we gather our produce .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 25:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 25:20, so the Hebrew word תֹאמְר֔וּ (tohemroo) 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.25.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.20.W2.S1) and character.