2 Chronicles 20:2:42 Chr.20.2.W4TAB
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
va-ya-VO-u va-ya-GI-du li-ye-ho-sha-FAT le-MOR BA a-LE-kha ha-MON RAV me-E-ver la-YAM me-a-RAM
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u va-ya-GI-du li-ye-ho-sha-FAT le-MOR BA a-LE-kha ha-MON RAV me-E-ver la-YAM me-a-RAM ve-hin-NAM be-kha-tsi-TSON ta-MAR HI EN ge-DI
Exegesis
The discourse marker lemor {לֵאמֹר | le-’ā-môr} ‘saying’ introduces the direct quotation.
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:2
And they came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude has come against you from beyond the sea, from Aram, and behold, they have reached Hazezon Tamar —that is, En Gedi.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 20:2, 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.20.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.2.W4.S1) and character.