1 Kings 15:18:241 Kgs.15.18.W24TAB
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-yish-la-KHEM ha-ME-lekh a-SA el-ben-ha-DAD ben-tab-rim-MON ben-khez-YON ME-lekh a-RAM ha-yo-SHEV be-da-ME-sek le-MOR
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-SA et-KOL-ha-KE-sef ve-ha-za-HAV ha-no-ta-RIM be-ots-ROT BET-ye-ho-VAH ve-et-ots-ROT BET me-LEKH ha-ME-lekh va-yit-ne-NEM be-yad-a-va-DAV va-yish-la-KHEM ha-ME-lekh a-SA el-ben-ha-DAD ben-tab-rim-MON ben-khez-YON ME-lekh a-RAM ha-yo-SHEV be-da-ME-sek le-MOR
Exegesis
Finally, lemor {לֵאמֹֽר | lēʾmōr} introduces the direct speech that follows in the next verse, so English preserves the open-ended “saying,”.
In context — 1 Kings 15:18
Asa took all the silver and the gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the treasuries of the king’s house, the king’s palace, and he put them into the hand of his servants and sent them to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, son of Hezyon, king of Aram, the one dwelling in Damascus, saying,
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:18:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of 1 Kings 15:18, 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 Kgs.15.18.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.18.W24.S1) and character.