Numbers 22:16:6Num.22.16.W6TAB
אָמַר֙
amar
“says”
- Transliteration
- a-MAR
- Extended
- aa-MAHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈmaʁ/
Meaning by language
- English
- says
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
KO a-MAR
- clause
va-yo-MRU LO KO a-MAR ba-LAK ben-tsi-POR al-NA ti-ma-NA me-ha-LOKH e-LAI
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u el-bil-AM va-yo-MRU LO KO a-MAR ba-LAK ben-tsi-POR al-NA ti-ma-NA me-ha-LOKH e-LAI
Exegesis
The expression koh {כֹּה | kō} ‘thus’ coupled with amar {אָמַר | ’āmar} ‘he said’ serves as the proclamation formula for Balak’s speech.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-mem-resh
“to say, speak, declare”
In context — Numbers 22:16
They came to Balaam and said to him, “Thus says Balak son of Zippor: ‘Please do not withhold yourself from coming to me .’”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 22:16, 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.22.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.16.W6.S1) and character.