1 Samuel 13:4:31 Sam.13.4.W3TAB
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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-MOR
- phraseyour reading level
sha-me-U le-MOR
- clause
ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL sha-me-U le-MOR hi-KA sha-UL et-ne-TSIV pe-lish-TIM ve-gam-niv-ASH yis-ra-EL ba-pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL sha-me-U le-MOR hi-KA sha-UL et-ne-TSIV pe-lish-TIM ve-gam-niv-ASH yis-ra-EL ba-pe-lish-TIM va-yits-a-a-KU ha-AM a-kha-RE sha-UL ha-gil-GAL
Exegesis
The verse opens with və-kōl yiśrāʾēl šāməʿû ləʾmôr {וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֞ל שָׁמְע֣וּ לֵאמֹ֗ר | wə-kōl yiśrāʾēl šāməʿû ləʾmôr} ‘and all Israel heard to say’, where ləʾmôr functions as an infinitive construct marking reported speech.
In context — 1 Samuel 13:4
And all Israel heard it said, “Saul has struck the Philistine outpost,” and Israel was held in contempt among the Philistines. And the people were summoned after Saul to Gilgal.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 13:4, 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 Sam.13.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.4.W3.S1) and character.