1 Samuel 16:22:41 Sam.16.22.W4TAB
לֵאמֹ֑ר
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
- clause
va-yish-LAKH sha-UL el-yi-SHAI le-MOR
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH sha-UL el-yi-SHAI le-MOR ya-a-MAD-na da-VID le-fa-NAI ki-ma-TSA KHEN be-e-NAI
Exegesis
The infinitive construct leʾemor {לֵאמֹ֑ר | lêʾmôr} introduces direct speech.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:22
And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Please let David continue to stand before me, for he has found favor in my eyes.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 16:22, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹ֑ר (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.16.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.22.W4.S1) and character.