2 Chronicles 18:12:72 Chr.18.12.W7TAB
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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-MOR
- clause
ve-ha-mal-AKH a-sher-ha-LAKH lik-RO le-mi-KHAI-hu di-BER e-LAV le-MOR hi-NE div-RE han-ne-vi-IM pe-e-KHAD TOV el-ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
ve-ha-mal-AKH a-sher-ha-LAKH lik-RO le-mi-KHAI-hu di-BER e-LAV le-MOR hi-NE div-RE han-ne-vi-IM pe-e-KHAD TOV el-ha-ME-lekh vi-hi-NA de-var-KHA ke-a-KHAD me-HEM ve-dib-BAR-ta TOV
Exegesis
Dibber elav le-emor {דִּבֶּר אֵלָיו לֵאמֹר | dib·bēr ʾê·lā·yû lē·ʾō·mar} ‘spoke to him, saying’ introduces direct speech.
Root and etymology
aleph–mem–reshaleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:12
The messenger who had gone to summon Micaiah spoke to him, saying, “Behold, the prophets speak with one voice in favor of the king. Let your word align with theirs, and speak favorably.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 18:12, 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 2 Chr.18.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.12.W7.S1) and character.