2 Chronicles 11:2:52 Chr.11.2.W5TAB
לֵאמֹֽר׃
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
- sentence
va-ye-HI de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH el-she-ma-e-YA-hu ish-ha-e-lo-HIM le-MOR
Exegesis
The infinitive construct leimor {לֵאמֹֽר | lē·’amôr} ‘saying’ introduces the forthcoming speech. In rendering the translation, the Hebrew order is preserved in the formal version to maintain the prophetic phrasing, while the dynamic version condenses the verbal action into “spoke” for natural readability.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-r
“to say”
In context — 2 Chronicles 11:2
And the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying:
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 11:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 11:2, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹֽר׃ (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 2 Chr.11.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.11.2.W5.S1) and character.