1 Samuel 20:42:121 Sam.20.42.W12TAB
לֵאמֹ֔ר
lemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- leh-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
a-SHER nish-ba-NU she-NE-nu a-na-KHNU be-SHEM ye-ho-VAH le-MOR ye-ho-VAH yih-ye-YE be-NI u-ve-NE-kha u-VEYN zar-I u-VEYN zar-a-KHA
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-ho-NA-tan le-da-VID LEKH le-sha-LOM a-SHER nish-ba-NU she-NE-nu a-na-KHNU be-SHEM ye-ho-VAH le-MOR ye-ho-VAH yih-ye-YE be-NI u-ve-NE-kha u-VEYN zar-I u-VEYN zar-a-KHA ad-o-LAM
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the sequential marker vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyō’mer} ‘and he said’, signaling reported speech, which is framed by the infinitive construct lemor {לֵאמֹר | lē’mōr} ‘saying’.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:42
And Jonathan said to David, “Peace to you, for we have sworn friendship between us in the name of the LORD , saying, ‘The LORD will be between me and you and between your descendants and between my descendants forever.’” Then David departed, and Jonathan returned to the city.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:42:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 20:42, 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.20.42.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.42.W12.S1) and character.