Numbers 6:2:4Num.6.2.W4TAB
וְאָמַרְתָּ֖
veamarta
“and say”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-mar-TA
- Extended
- veh-a-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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Word in context
- word
ve-a-mar-TA
- clause
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ISH o-i-SHAH KI yaf-LEE lin-DOR NE-der na-ZIR le-ha-ZIR la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive ve-amarta {וְאָמַרְתָּ | wə-ʾāmar-tā} ‘and you shall say’ introduces secondary mandate.
In context — Numbers 6:2
Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, “If a man or a woman distinctly makes a vow of a Nazirite to set himself or herself apart to the LORD .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 6:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 6:2, so the Hebrew word וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ (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.6.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.6.2.W4.S1) and character.