Numbers 18:30:1Num.18.30.W1TAB
וְאָמַרְתָּ֖
veamarta
“and you shall say”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-mar-TA
- Extended
- veh-ah-mar-TAH
- IPA
- /vəʔa.marˈtaː/
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
- clause
ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM
- sentence
ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ba-ha-rim-KHEM et-KHEL-bo mi-men-NU ve-nekh-SHAV lal-vi-YIM kit-vu-AT GO-ren ve-kit-vu-AT YA-kev
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive form wə·’ā·mar·tā {וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ | wə·’ā·mar·tā} introducing direct speech.
In context — Numbers 18:30
And you shall say to them, “When you raise up its choicest part from it, it shall be considered for the Levites as the produce of the threshing floor and as the produce of the winepress.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 18:30, so the Hebrew word וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ (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.18.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.30.W1.S1) and character.