1 Samuel 13:3:141 Sam.13.3.W14TAB
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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Word in context
- word
le-MOR
- clause
ve-sha-UL ta-KA ba-sho-FAR be-khol-ha-A-rets le-MOR yish-me-U ha-iv-RIM
- sentence
va-YAKH yo-na-TAN ET ne-TSIV pe-li-SHET-tim a-SHER be-GE-va va-yish-me-U pe-li-SHET-tim ve-sha-UL ta-KA ba-sho-FAR be-khol-ha-A-rets le-MOR yish-me-U ha-iv-RIM
Exegesis
The adverbial bᵉ-kḥol-hā-āreṣ {בְּכָל־הָאָרֶץ | bᵉ-kḥol-hā-āreṣ} ‘throughout all the land’ indicates wide scope, and the infinitive lē-ʾĕmôr {לֵאמֹר | lē-ʾĕmôr} ‘saying’ introduces the imperative yišmᵉʿû {יִשְׁמְעוּ | yišmᵉʿû} ‘let them hear’, with hā-ʻivrîm {הָעִבְרִים | hā-ʻivrîm} ‘the Hebrews’. This progression from military initiative to communal summons underscores swift mobilization and public proclamation.
In context — 1 Samuel 13:3
And Jonathan struck the Philistine garrison that was at Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:3:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Samuel 13:3, 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 Sam.13.3.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.3.W14.S1) and character.