1 Kings 13:27:31 Kgs.13.27.W3TAB
לֵאמֹ֔ר
lehmor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- leh-MOR
- Extended
- leh-MOHR
- IPA
- /leːʔˈmoːr/
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
leh-MOR
- clause
va-ye-dab-BEER el-ba-NA-v leh-MOR khiv-SHOO-lee et-ha-kha-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-dab-BEER el-ba-NA-v leh-MOR khiv-SHOO-lee et-ha-kha-MOR va-ya-kha-vo-SHOO
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayedabber {וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר | vayəḏabbēr} ‘and he spoke,’ introducing direct discourse, followed by the infinitive construct lemor {לֵאמֹר | leʾmôr} ‘saying.’
In context — 1 Kings 13:27
And he said to his sons , “Saddle the donkey for me,” and they saddled it.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:27:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 13:27, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹ֔ר (lehmor) 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.13.27.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.27.W3.S1) and character.