2 Chronicles 6:4:142 Chr.6.4.W14TAB
לֵאמֹֽר׃
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-ve-ya-DAV mi-LE le-MOR
- sentence
va-YO-mer ba-RUKH Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL a-SHER di-BER be-FI-v ET da-VID a-VI u-ve-ya-DAV mi-LE le-MOR
Exegesis
The infinitive leemor {לֵאמֹֽר | lēʾmôr} ‘saying’ functions as a discourse marker introducing Solomon’s citation. This structure foregrounds divine pronouncement and action, preserving Hebrew emphasis in the English rendition.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to speak”
In context — 2 Chronicles 6:4
And he said, “Blessed be the LORD , the God of Israel , who spoke by His mouth to my father David and has fulfilled it by His hands, saying:”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 6:4:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Chronicles 6:4, 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.6.4.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.6.4.W14.S1) and character.