1 Samuel 17:27:61 Sam.17.27.W6TAB
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-YO-mer LO ha-AM ka-da-VAR ha-ZE le-MOR
- sentence
va-YO-mer LO ha-AM ka-da-VAR ha-ZE le-MOR KO ye-a-SE la-ISH a-SHER ya-KE-nu
Exegesis
The infinitive le’emor {לֵאמֹר | lĕʾmōr} functions as a discourse marker introducing direct speech.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:27
The people answered him, “By that declaration , it shall be done to the man who strikes him down .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:27:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 17:27, 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.17.27.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.27.W6.S1) and character.