לֵאמֹר֒

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לֵאמֹר֒

   le-MOR

   saying
2. clause🔊 וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח יְהוֹאָ֣שׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶל־אֲמַצְיָ֣הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה֮ לֵאמֹר֒ הַח֜וֹחַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּלְּבָנ֗וֹן שָׁ֠לַח אֶל־הָאֶ֜רֶז אֲשֶׁ֤ר בַּלְּבָנוֹן֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר תְּנָֽה־אֶת־בִּתְּךָ֥ לִבְנִ֖י לְאִשָּׁ֑ה

   va-yish-LAKH ye-ho-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA le-MOR ha-KHO-akh a-SHER bal-le-va-NON sha-LAKH el-ha-E-rez a-SHER bal-le-va-NON le-MOR te-NA-et-bit-te-KHA liv-NI le-ish-SHA

   and he sent Jehoash king of Israel to Amaziah king of Judah saying the thornbush or thistle which in Lebanon sent to the cedar which in Lebanon saying give your daughter to my son as a wife
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח יְהוֹאָ֣שׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶל־אֲמַצְיָ֣הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה֮ לֵאמֹר֒ הַח֜וֹחַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּלְּבָנ֗וֹן שָׁ֠לַח אֶל־הָאֶ֜רֶז אֲשֶׁ֤ר בַּלְּבָנוֹן֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר תְּנָֽה־אֶת־בִּתְּךָ֥ לִבְנִ֖י לְאִשָּׁ֑ה וַֽתַּעֲבֹ֞ר חַיַּ֤ת הַשָּׂדֶה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּלְּבָנ֔וֹן וַתִּרְמֹ֖ אֶת־הַחֽוֹחַ׃

   va-yish-LAKH ye-ho-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA le-MOR ha-KHO-akh a-SHER bal-le-va-NON sha-LAKH el-ha-E-rez a-SHER bal-le-va-NON le-MOR te-NA-et-bit-te-KHA liv-NI le-ish-SHA va-ta-a-VOR kha-YAT has-sa-DE a-SHER bal-le-va-NON va-tir-MOS et-ha-KHO-akh

   and he sent Jehoash king of Israel to Amaziah king of Judah saying the thornbush or thistle which in Lebanon sent to the cedar which in Lebanon saying give your daughter to my son as a wife and it passed by an animal of the field which in Lebanon and it trampled the thornbush or thistle

Exegesis

The particle lēʾmōר {לֵאמֹר | lēʾmōר} introduces direct discourse framed as an anthropomorphic dialogue: the thistle hachoach {הַחֹחַ | ha-ḥōḥaḥ} ‘thistle’ and the cedar hā-ʾerez {הָאֶרֶז | hā-ʾerez} ‘cedar’ each modified by relative clauses with ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘which’ and their location in balbanôn {בַּלְּבָנ֗וֹן | balbanôn} ‘Lebanon’.