1 Kings 13:21:61 Kgs.13.21.W6TAB
לֵאמֹ֔ר
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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Word in context
- word
le-MOR
- clause
va-yik-RA el-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM a-sher-BA mi-ye-hu-DA le-MOR KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yik-RA el-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM a-sher-BA mi-ye-hu-DA le-MOR KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH YA-an KI ma-RI-ta PI ye-ho-VAH ve-LO sha-MAR-ta et-ha-mits-VA a-SHER tsiv-e-KHA ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lēʾāmôr {לֵאמֹר | lēʾāmôr} precedes the prophetic formula kōh ʾāmar Yəhōwāh {כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה | kōh ʾāmar Yəhōwāh} marking divine utterance.
In context — 1 Kings 13:21
And he called to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “Thus says the LORD : Because you have rebelled against the mouth of the LORD and have not kept the command which the LORD your God commanded you.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 13:21, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹ֔ר (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 Kgs.13.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.21.W6.S1) and character.