Numbers 34:2:4Num.34.2.W4TAB
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣
veamarta
“and say”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-mar-TA
- Extended
- veh-ah-mar-TAH
- IPA
- /və.ʔa.marˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM
- clause
TSAV ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ki-a-TEM ba-IM el-ha-A-retz ke-NA-an
- sentence
TSAV ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ki-a-TEM ba-IM el-ha-A-retz ke-NA-an ZOT ha-A-retz a-SHER tip-OL la-KHEM be-na-cha-LA E-retz ke-NA-an lig-vu-lo-TE-ha
Exegesis
This is followed by the Vav consecutive perfect ve’amarta {וְאָמַרְתָּ | wə-ʾā-mar-tā} ‘and you shall say’, linking the introductory command with direct speech.
In context — Numbers 34:2
Command the sons of Israel and you shall say to them, “When you come into the land of Canaan, this is the land that will fall to you as an inheritance —the land of Canaan according to its borders.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 34:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 34:2, so the Hebrew word וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ (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.34.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.34.2.W4.S1) and character.