1 Samuel 18:24:51 Sam.18.24.W5TAB
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-yag-GI-du av-DE sha-UL LO le-MOR
- sentence
va-yag-GI-du av-DE sha-UL LO le-MOR kad-de-va-RIM ha-E-le dib-BER da-VID
Exegesis
The reporting infinitive lemor {לֵאמֹ֑ר | lē·’emor} ‘saying’ introduces the content.
Root and etymology
“to speak, say”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:24
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, “David has spoken these words .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 18:24, 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.18.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.24.W5.S1) and character.