1 Chronicles 17:3:71 Chr.17.3.W7TAB
לֵאמֹֽר׃
lemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- lee-MOHR
- IPA
- /leːˈʔmoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- saying
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-MOR
- clause
va-ye-HI de-VAR-e-lo-HIM el-na-TAN le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-HI bal-LAI-la ha-HU va-ye-HI de-VAR-e-lo-HIM el-na-TAN le-MOR
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lemor {לֵאמֹֽר | lē-ʾā-môr} functions as a discourse marker introducing direct speech. The repetition of vav consecutive underscores continuance of divine initiative across temporal settings, and the English rendering places the temporal clause first to maintain narrative flow.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph, mem, resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:3
And it happened that night that the word of God came to Nathan saying,
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Chronicles 17:3, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹֽר׃ (lemor) 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 1 Chr.17.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.3.W7.S1) and character.