1 Samuel 19:15:61 Sam.19.15.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-yish-LAKH sha-UL et-ha-mal-a-KHIM lir-OT et-da-VID le-MOR
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH sha-UL et-ha-mal-a-KHIM lir-OT et-da-VID le-MOR ha-a-LU o-TO va-mit-TA e-LAI la-ha-mi-TO
Exegesis
The infinitive lē-ʾemor {לֵאמֹ֑ר | lē-ʾê-môr} introduces direct speech.
In context — 1 Samuel 19:15
Then Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him to me on the bed so that I may kill him.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 19:15, 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.19.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.15.W6.S1) and character.