Numbers 20:14:8Num.20.14.W8TAB

אָמַר֙

amar

says

Transliteration
a-MAR
Extended
ah-MAHR
IPA
/ʔaˈmar/

Meaning by language

English
says

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Result
אָ + מַר֙
a + mar
amar

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-MAR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KOH a-MAR

  3. clause

    KOH a-MAR a-KHI-kha yis-ra-EL a-TA ya-DAT-ta ET kol-hat-te-la-AH a-SHER me-tsa-AT-nu

  4. sentence

    va-yish-LAKH mo-SHEH mal-a-KHIM mik-ka-DESH el-ME-lekh e-DOM KOH a-MAR a-KHI-kha yis-ra-EL a-TA ya-DAT-ta ET kol-hat-te-la-AH a-SHER me-tsa-AT-nu

Exegesis

The quotation formula koh amar {כֹּה אָמַר֙ | kōh ʾāmar} ‘thus said’ introduces the envoy’s words.

Root and etymology

Rootaleph-mem-resh

to say, speak

In contextNumbers 20:14

From Kadesh Moses sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “This is what your brother Israel says: you know about all the hardship that has come upon us.”

About this coordinate

Numbers 20:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 20:14, so the Hebrew word אָמַר֙ (amar) 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.20.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.14.W8.S1) and character.