1 Samuel 21:11:131 Sam.21.11.W13TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:12
לֵאמֹ֔ר
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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Word in context
- word
le-MOR
- sentence
va-YO-meru a-ve-DE a-KHISH e-LAV ha-LO-ze da-VID ME-lekh ha-A-rets ha-LO la-ZE ya-a-NU bam-me-kho-LOT le-MOR hi-KA sha-UL ba-a-la-FAV ve-da-VID be-riv-ve-TAIV
Exegesis
The infinitive lêʾāmôr {לֵאמֹר | lêʾāmôr} ‘saying’ introduces the quotation featuring the perfect verb hiqqāh {הִכָּה | hiqqāh} ‘has struck’ followed by the numerals ʾalāp̄āyw {אֲלָפָיו | ʾalāp̄āyw} ‘his thousands’ and ʾēlep̄ {אֶלֶף | ʾēlep̄} ‘thousands’, linked by ve before “David” to form a parallel structure that emphasizes the reversal of victory counts. The placement of the quotation at the clause end underscores its evidential force.
Root and etymology
RootAleph–Mem–Resh
“to say”
In context — 1 Samuel 21:11
And the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this David, the king of the land? Is he not the one of whom they sing to one another in dances, saying, ‘Saul has struck his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:11:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 21:11, 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.21.11.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.11.W13.S1) and character.