1 Kings 20:17:101 Kgs.20.17.W10TAB
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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-MOR
- clause
va-yish-LAKH ben-ha-DAD va-ya-GI-du LO le-MOR a-na-SHIM ya-tsu mish-shom-RON
- sentence
va-ye-tsu na-a-RE sa-RE ham-me-di-NOT ba-ri-sho-NA va-yish-LAKH ben-ha-DAD va-ya-GI-du LO le-MOR a-na-SHIM ya-tsu mish-shom-RON
Exegesis
The following waw-consecutive imperfect wayyišlaḥ {וַיִּשְׁלַח | wayyišlaḥ} ‘and he sent’ introduces Ben-Hadad’s action, which is continued by the waw-consecutive Hifʿil imperfect wayyaggîdû {וַיַּגִּידוּ | wayyaggîdû} lo lēʾemor {לוֹ לֵאמֹר | lō lēʾemor} ‘and they informed him, saying’.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 1 Kings 20:17
The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first, and Ben-Hadad sent, and they informed him, saying, “Men have come out from Samaria.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:17:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 20:17, 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.20.17.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.17.W10.S1) and character.