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
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
el-I-ze-vel le-mor
- clause
va-yish-le-KHU el-I-ze-vel le-mor
- 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 context — 1 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.