1 Kings 21:19:111 Kgs.21.19.W11TAB
לֵאמֹ֗ר
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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Word in context
- word
le-MOR
- clause
ve-dib-BAR-ta e-LAV le-MOR KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH bim-KOM a-SHER la-ke-KU ha-ke-la-VIM et-DAM na-VOT ya-lo-KU ha-ke-la-VIM et-da-me-KHA gam-a-TA
- sentence
ve-dib-BAR-ta e-LAV le-MOR KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH ha-ra-TSHAKH-ta ve-gam-ya-RASH-ta ve-dib-BAR-ta e-LAV le-MOR KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH bim-KOM a-SHER la-ke-KU ha-ke-la-VIM et-DAM na-VOT ya-lo-KU ha-ke-la-VIM et-da-me-KHA gam-a-TA
Exegesis
The verse features two parallel oracles introduced by the speaking formula ve-dibarta {וְדִבַּרְתָּ | wə-dib-bā-r-tā} ‘and you shall speak’, each followed by the infinitive lemor {לֵאמֹר | lē-ʾā-mōr} ‘saying’ and the divine formula ko amar YHWH {כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה | kōh ʾā-mar Yə-hō-wāh} ‘thus says the LORD’.
Root and etymology
ʼ-m-r
“to speak, utter”
In context — 1 Kings 21:19
And you shall speak to him, saying, “Thus says the LORD : ‘Have you murdered and also taken possession?’” And you shall speak to him, saying, “Thus says the LORD: ‘In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, the dogs will lick your blood.’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:19:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 21:19, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹ֗ר (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.21.19.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.19.W11.S1) and character.