1 Kings 21:14:31 Kgs.21.14.W3TAB

לֵאמֹ֑ר

lemor

saying

Transliteration
le-mor
Extended
lee-MOHR
IPA
/leːʔˈmoːr/

Meaning by language

English
saying

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Result
לֵא + מֹ֑ר
le + mor
lemor

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Memm as in mother
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-mor

  2. phraseyour reading level

    el-I-ze-vel le-mor

  3. clause

    va-yish-le-KHU el-I-ze-vel le-mor

  4. sentence

    va-yish-le-KHU el-I-ze-vel le-mor su-KAL na-VOT va-ya-MOT

Exegesis

The infinitive construct lēʾemor {לֵאמֹ֑ר | lēʾemor} ‘to say’ introduces direct speech.

Root and etymology

ʼ-m-r

to speak, utter

In context1 Kings 21:14

And they sent to Jezebel to say, “Naboth has been stoned and is dead.”

About this coordinate

1 Kings 21:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 21:14, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹ֑ר (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.21.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.14.W3.S1) and character.