1 Samuel 15:12:81 Sam.15.12.W8TAB
לֵאמֹ֗ר
lemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- leh-MOHR
- IPA
- /leːˈmoːr/
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
va-yug-GAD lish-mu-EL le-MOR BA-sha-UL ha-kar-me-LA ve-hin-NE ma-TSIV LO YAD va-yis-SOV va-ya-a-VOR va-ye-RED ha-gil-GAL
- sentence
va-yash-KEM she-mu-EL lik-RAT sha-UL ba-BO-ker va-yug-GAD lish-mu-EL le-MOR BA-sha-UL ha-kar-me-LA ve-hin-NE ma-TSIV LO YAD va-yis-SOV va-ya-a-VOR va-ye-RED ha-gil-GAL
Exegesis
The passive Pual vayugad {וַיֻּגַּ֨ד | wayyuggad} ‘it was told’, followed by the infinitive construct leʾmōr {לֵאמֹ֗ר | leʾmōr} ‘saying’, introduces reported speech.
Root and etymology
RootAleph–Mem–Resh
“to say”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:12
And Samuel arose early to meet Saul in the morning, and it was told to Samuel, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he is erecting a monument for himself.” Then he turned and passed on and went down to Gilgal.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 15:12, 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.15.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.12.W8.S1) and character.