1 Samuel 23:1:31 Sam.23.1.W3TAB
לֵאמֹ֑ר
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-yag-GI-du le-da-VID le-MOR
- sentence
va-yag-GI-du le-da-VID le-MOR hin-NE pe-lish-TIM nil-kha-MIM bik-i-LA ve-HE-ma sho-SIM et-ha-ger-NA-vot
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lemor {לֵאמֹר | lē-ʾā-môr} ‘saying’ introduces the direct speech, immediately followed by the attention particle hinneh {הִנֵּה | hi-nnēh} ‘behold’ to heighten urgency.
In context — 1 Samuel 23:1
They informed David, saying, “Behold , the Philistines are engaged in battle against Keilah, and they are plundering the threshing floors .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 23:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 23:1, 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.23.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.23.1.W3.S1) and character.