1 Samuel 23:27:41 Sam.23.27.W4TAB
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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-MOR
- clause
u-mal-AKH BA el-sha-UL le-MOR
- sentence
u-mal-AKH BA el-sha-UL le-MOR ma-ha-RA u-le-KHA KI-fa-SHTU pe-lish-TIM al-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The infinitive construct le-emor {לֵאמֹר | lê-ʾā-môr} ‘to say’ introduces direct speech.
In context — 1 Samuel 23:27
But a messenger came to Saul and said, “Hurry and go, for the Philistines are invading the land .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 23:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 23:27, 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.23.27.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.23.27.W4.S1) and character.