Numbers 8:2:3Num.8.2.W3TAB
וְאָמַרְתָּ֖
veamarta
“and you shall say”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-mar-TA
- Extended
- veh-ah-mar-TAH
- IPA
- /və.ʔaˈmar.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall 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
- clause
da-BER el-a-ha-RON ve-a-mar-TA e-LAV
- sentence
da-BER el-a-ha-RON ve-a-mar-TA e-LAV be-ha-a-LOT-kha et-ha-ne-ROT el-MUL pe-NEI ha-me-no-RAH ya-I-ru shiv-AT ha-ne-ROT
Exegesis
This is immediately followed by the vav-consecutive clause ve-amarta {וְאָמַרְתָּ | vĕ-ʾā-mār-tā} ‘and you shall say’, which introduces the message to Aaron.
In context — Numbers 8:2
Speak to Aaron and say to him, “When you raise the lamps , the seven lamps shall shine toward the front of the lampstand .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 8:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 8:2, 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.8.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.8.2.W3.S1) and character.