Numbers 16:37:1Num.16.37.W1TABWLC Numbers 17:2
אֱמֹ֗ר
emor
“say”
- Transliteration
- e-MOR
- Extended
- eh-MOHR
- IPA
- /ʔɛˈmoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- say
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-MOR
- clause
e-MOR el-el-a-ZAR ben-a-ha-RON ha-ko-HEN ve-ho-TSE et-ham-makh-TOT
- sentence
e-MOR el-el-a-ZAR ben-a-ha-RON ha-ko-HEN ve-ho-TSE et-ham-makh-TOT mi-BEN has-se-re-FA ve-ET-ha-ESH ze-re-HAH hal-AH KI kad-SHU U
Exegesis
The verse begins with the imperative emor {אֱמֹר | ’ĕmôr} ‘say’ directing Moses to Eleazar {אֶלְעָזָר | ’el-ʿā-zār}. The prepositional phrase el-Eleazar ben Aharon hak-kohen establishes his identity and function.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to say”
In context — Numbers 16:37
Say to Eleazar, son of Aaron, the priest , that he should take up the censers from among the burning and scatter the fire away yonder, for they have become holy .
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:37:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 16:37, so the Hebrew word אֱמֹ֗ר (emor) 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.16.37.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.37.W1.S1) and character.