2 Chronicles 18:30:72 Chr.18.30.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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Word in context
- word
le-MOR
- clause
u-ME-lekh a-RAM tsi-VA et-sa-RE ha-RE-khev a-SHER-lo le-MOR LO til-la-kha-MU et-ha-ka-TON et-ha-ga-DOL
- sentence
u-ME-lekh a-RAM tsi-VA et-sa-RE ha-RE-khev a-SHER-lo le-MOR LO til-la-kha-MU et-ha-ka-TON et-ha-ga-DOL KI im-et-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL le-va-DO
Exegesis
לֵאמֹר lēʾmōr {לֵאמֹ֔ר | lēʾmōr} introduces direct discourse, after which the prohibition is expressed by לֹא lōʾ {לֹ֚א | lōʾ} + imperfect תִּלָּחֲמוּ tillaḥămû {תִּלָּ֣חֲמ֔וּ | tillaḥămû}, framing the instruction as an operative battle rule. The paired objects “the small” and “the great” function as a merism, covering all ranks without exception.
Root and etymology
aleph–mem–reshaleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:30
Now the king of Aram commanded the commanders of his chariotry, saying, “You shall not fight the small or the great, but only the king of Israel, by himself.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:30:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 18:30, 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.18.30.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.30.W7.S1) and character.