1 Samuel 19:11:131 Sam.19.11.W13TAB
לֵאמֹ֔ר
lemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-mor
- Extended
- lee-MOHR
- IPA
- /leːʔˈmoːr/
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-tag-GED le-da-VID mi-KHAL ish-TO le-mor im-EN-kha me-mal-LET et-naf-she-KHA ha-LAI-la ma-KHAR a-TA mu-MAT
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH sha-UL mal-e-KHIM el-BET da-VID le-sha-me-RO ve-la-ha-mi-TO ba-BO-ker va-tag-GED le-da-VID mi-KHAL ish-TO le-mor im-EN-kha me-mal-LET et-naf-she-KHA ha-LAI-la ma-KHAR a-TA mu-MAT
Exegesis
A shift in subject occurs with vattagēd {וַתַּגֵּ֣ד | vattagēḏ} ‘and she warned’, introducing direct speech via lēʾmōr {לֵאמֹ֔ר | lēʾmōr}.
In context — 1 Samuel 19:11
Saul sent messengers to David’s house to keep watch and to kill him in the morning. And Michal, his wife, warned David, saying, “If you do not escape with your life tonight, tomorrow you will be slain.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:11:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 19:11, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹ֔ר (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.19.11.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.11.W13.S1) and character.