Numbers 14:15:6Num.14.15.W6TAB
וְאָֽמְרוּ֙
veamru
“then will say”
- Transliteration
- ve-am-RU
- Extended
- veh-ahm-ROO
- IPA
- /vəʔomˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- then 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-am-RU
- clause
ve-am-RU ha-go-YIM a-SHER-sham-U et-shim-a-KHA le-MOR
- sentence
ve-he-ma-TA et-ha-AM ha-ZEH ke-ISH e-KHAD ve-am-RU ha-go-YIM a-SHER-sham-U et-shim-a-KHA le-MOR
Exegesis
The second clause begins with ve’omru {וְאָֽמְרוּ֙ | wə-’ā-mrū} ‘and they will say,’ assigning hagoyim {הַגּוֹיִ֔ם | ha-gôy·yim} ‘the nations’ as subject.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph-mem-resh
“to say”
In context — Numbers 14:15
And if You put to death this people as one man, then the nations who have heard of Your report will say,
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 14:15, so the Hebrew word וְאָֽמְרוּ֙ (veamru) 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 Num.14.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.15.W6.S1) and character.