Genesis 42:4:8Gen.42.4.W8PAT

אָמַ֔ר

amar

he said

Transliteration
a-MAR
Extended
ah-MAHR
IPA
/ʔaː.ˈmar/

Meaning by language

English
he said
French
il dit
Spanish
dijo
Portuguese
ele disse
German
er sagte
Russian
он сказал
Arabic-Simplified
قال
Hindi
उसने कहा
Chinese-Simplified
他说
Korean
그가 말하였다
Indonesian
ia berkata
Bengali
সে বলল
Tagalog
sinabi niya
Swahili
alisema
Amharic
እርሱ አለ
Yoruba
ó sọ
Igbo
ọ sịrị
Twi
ɔkaa
Ewe
eɖo

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Result
אָ + מַ֔ר
a + mar
amar

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-MAR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KI a-MAR

  3. clause

    KI a-MAR pen-yi-ke-ra-EN-nu a-SON

  4. sentence

    ve-et-bi-ne-ya-MIN a-KHI yo-SEF lo-sha-LAKH ya-a-KOV et-e-KHAV KI a-MAR pen-yi-ke-ra-EN-nu a-SON

In contextGenesis 42:4

and Benjamin brother of Joseph did not send Jacob with his brothers for he said lest befall him calamity

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 42:4, so the Hebrew word אָמַ֔ר (amar) 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 Gen.42.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.4.W8.S1) and character.