Numbers 16:34:7Num.16.34.W7TAB
אָמְרוּ
amru
“they said”
- Transliteration
- am-RU
- Extended
- ahm-ROO
- IPA
- /ʔamˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they 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 | |
| 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
am-RU
- sentence
ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL a-SHER se-vi-vo-TE-hem na-SU le-ko-LAM KI am-RU pen-niv-la-E-nu ha-A-retz
Exegesis
Conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ introduces the speech act amru {אָמְרוּ | ʾāmrū} ‘they said,’ and the particle pen {פֶּן־ | pen} marks negative purpose.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-rayin-mem-resh
“to say”
In context — Numbers 16:34
All Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:34:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 16:34, so the Hebrew word אָמְרוּ (amru) 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.16.34.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.34.W7.S1) and character.