Numbers 21:14:2Num.21.14.W2TAB
יֵֽאָמַ֔ר
yeamar
“it is said”
- Transliteration
- ye-a-MAR
- Extended
- yeh-aa-MAHR
- IPA
- /jeː.ʔaˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- it is said
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-a-MAR
- clause
al-KEN ye-a-MAR be-SE-fer mil-kha-MOT Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
al-KEN ye-a-MAR be-SE-fer mil-kha-MOT Ye-ho-VAH et-va-HEV be-su-FAH ve-et-han-ne-kha-LEEM ar-NON
Exegesis
The verb yē-’āmar {יֵאָמַר | yē-’āmar} ‘it is said’ in the Niphal imperfect frames the following lines as an established record.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph-mem-resh
“to say, speak”
In context — Numbers 21:14
Therefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD : Waheb in Suphah and the ravines of Arnon.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 21:14, so the Hebrew word יֵֽאָמַ֔ר (yeamar) 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.21.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.14.W2.S1) and character.