1 Kings 21:10:71 Kgs.21.10.W7TAB
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
- phraseyour reading level
vi-yi-DU-hu le-MOR
- clause
ve-ho-shi-VU she-NA-yim a-na-SHIM be-NE-VE-li-ya-AL NEG-do vi-yi-DU-hu le-MOR be-RAKH-ta e-lo-HIM va-ME-lekh
- sentence
ve-ho-shi-VU she-NA-yim a-na-SHIM be-NE-VE-li-ya-AL NEG-do vi-yi-DU-hu le-MOR be-RAKH-ta e-lo-HIM va-ME-lekh ve-ho-tsi-U-hu ve-sik-LU-hu ve-ya-MOT
Exegesis
The infinitive construct leimor {לֵאמֹ֔ר | lē-ʾā-môr} ‘saying’ introduces the specific charge.
Root and etymology
ʼ-m-r
“to speak, utter”
In context — 1 Kings 21:10
And seat two men, sons of worthlessness, opposite him, and let them testify against him, saying, “You have blessed God and the king.” Then bring him out and stone him so that he dies.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 21:10, 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.21.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.10.W7.S1) and character.