Numbers 21:16:6Num.21.16.W6TAB
אָמַ֤ר
amar
“said”
- Transliteration
- a-MAR
- Extended
- ah-MAHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- said
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
a-MAR
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
hi-U ha-be-ER a-SHER a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH le-mo-SHEH e-SOF et-ha-AM ve-et-NAH la-HEM MA-yim
- sentence
u-mi-SHAM be-e-RAH hi-U ha-be-ER a-SHER a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH le-mo-SHEH e-SOF et-ha-AM ve-et-NAH la-HEM MA-yim
Exegesis
The relative clause asher amar YHWH {אֲשֶׁר אָמַר יְהוָה | ʾă-šer ’ā-mār Yə-hō-wāh} connects the site to the divine speech.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph-mem-resh
“to say, speak”
In context — Numbers 21:16
And from there they came to Beer—it is the well which the LORD said to Moses: “Gather the people , and I will give them water.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 21:16, so the Hebrew word אָמַ֤ר (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.21.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.16.W6.S1) and character.