Proverbs 26:19:4Prov.26.19.W4TAB
וְ֝אָמַ֗ר
veamar
“and said”
- Transliteration
- ve-A-mar
- Extended
- veh-AA-mahr
- IPA
- /vəʔaːˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and said
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-A-mar
- clause
ve-A-mar ha-LO-me-sa-KHEK a-NI
- sentence
KEN-ISH rim-MA ET-re-E-hu ve-A-mar ha-LO-me-sa-KHEK a-NI
Exegesis
The vav consecutive in ve-amar {וְ֝אָמַ֗ר | wə-’ā-mar} signals the shift into speech.
In context — Proverbs 26:19
So is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Was I not only playing ?”
About this coordinate
Proverbs 26:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 26:19, so the Hebrew word וְ֝אָמַ֗ר (veamar) 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 Prov.26.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.26.19.W4.S1) and character.