1 Kings 21:28:51 Kgs.21.28.W5TAB
לֵאמֹֽר׃
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
- sentence
va-ye-HI de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH el-e-li-YA-hu ha-tish-BI le-MOR
Exegesis
Finally, the infinitive construct lē·ʾā·môr {לֵאמֹר | lē·ʾā·môr} ‘to say’ introduces the forthcoming speech. This sequence—temporal marker, divine subject, addressee, and speech marker—is characteristic of prophetic salutations and is rendered in English by clarifying the speaker, the recipient, and the transition into direct discourse.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 1 Kings 21:28
And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:28:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 21:28, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹֽר׃ (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.21.28.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.28.W5.S1) and character.