Numbers 18:26:3Num.18.26.W3TAB
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣
veamarta
“and you shall say”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-mar-TA
- Extended
- veh-a-mar-TAH
- IPA
- /vəʔaˈmar.ta/
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
ve-EL-hal-le-vi-YIM te-da-BER ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ki-tik-KHU me-ET be-NEI-yis-ra-EL et-ha-ma-a-SEIR a-SHER na-ta-TI la-KHEM me-it-TAM be-na-cha-lat-KHEM
- sentence
ve-EL-hal-le-vi-YIM te-da-BER ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ki-tik-KHU me-ET be-NEI-yis-ra-EL et-ha-ma-a-SEIR a-SHER na-ta-TI la-KHEM me-it-TAM be-na-cha-lat-KHEM va-ha-re-mo-TEM mi-men-NU te-ru-MAT Ye-ho-VAH ma-a-SEIR min-ha-ma-a-SEIR
Exegesis
The paired verbs tədabber {תְּדַבֵּר֮ | tədabber} and və’āmarta {וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ | və-’āmarta} introduce direct address imperative instructions.
In context — Numbers 18:26
And you shall speak to the Levites and say to them, “When you take from the sons of Israel the tithe which I have given to you from them as your inheritance, then you shall raise up from it an offering to the LORD, a tithe from the tithe.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 18:26, 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.18.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.26.W3.S1) and character.