Proverbs 5:12:1Prov.5.12.W1TAB
וְֽאָמַרְתָּ֗
veamarta
“and you will say”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-MAR-ta
- Extended
- veh-ah-MAR-tah
- IPA
- /vəʔaˈmar.taː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you will 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
ve-a-MAR-ta EKH sa-NE-ti mu-SAR
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta EKH sa-NE-ti mu-SAR ve-to-KHA-khat NA-ats LI-bi
Exegesis
The verse begins with the second person verbal clause ve'amarta {וְאָמַרְתָּ | wə-ʾā-mar-tā} ‘and you will say’, a vav-consecutive Qal perfect projecting future self-address.
In context — Proverbs 5:12
And you will say, “How I hated discipline , and my heart despised correction !”
About this coordinate
Proverbs 5:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 5:12, so the Hebrew word וְֽאָמַרְתָּ֗ (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 Prov.5.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.5.12.W1.S1) and character.