1 Kings 17:2:41 Kgs.17.2.W4TAB
לֵאמֹֽר׃
lemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- lee-MOHR
- IPA
- /leːˈmoːr/
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
- phraseyour reading level
e-LAV le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-HI de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH e-LAV le-MOR
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase elav {אֵלָ֥יו | ʾêlāv} ‘to him’ specifies the recipient, and the infinitive construct lemor {לֵאמֹֽר | lēʾmôr} ‘saying’ functions as a speech-introduction marker. In English, the temporal-consecutive sense is conveyed by “Then,” and the theological emphasis is maintained by foregrounding “the word of the LORD.”
In context — 1 Kings 17:2
And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 17:2, 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.17.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.2.W4.S1) and character.