Numbers 15:38:4Num.15.38.W4TAB
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣
veamarta
“and you shall say”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-mar-TA
- Extended
- veh-ah-mahr-TAH
- IPA
- /vəʔaːmarˈta/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall 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-TA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM
- clause
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ve-a-SU la-HEM tsi-TSET al-kan-FEI big-dei-HEM le-do-ro-TAM
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ve-a-SU la-HEM tsi-TSET al-kan-FEI big-dei-HEM le-do-ro-TAM ve-nat-NU al-tsi-TSET ha-ka-NAF pe-TIL te-KHE-let
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive perfect veamarta {וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ | wə-ʾāmăr-tā} ‘and you shall say’ introduces the content clause.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-rʾ-m-r
“to say”
In context — Numbers 15:38
Speak to the sons of Israel and you shall say: They shall make for themselves a tassel on the corners of their garments throughout their generations and they shall put upon the tassel of the corner a cord of blue.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:38:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 15:38, so the Hebrew word וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ (veamarta) 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.15.38.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.38.W4.S1) and character.