2 Kings 15:12:62 Kgs.15.12.W6TAB
לֵאמֹ֔ר
lemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- leh-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
HU de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER el-ye-HU le-MOR be-NE re-vi-IM ye-she-VU le-KHA al-ki-SE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
HU de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER el-ye-HU le-MOR be-NE re-vi-IM ye-she-VU le-KHA al-ki-SE yis-ra-EL va-ye-HI-KHEN
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lēmōr {לֵאמֹ֔ר | lēmōr} ‘saying’ marks the quotation formula.
In context — 2 Kings 15:12
This is the word of the LORD which He spoke to Jehu, saying: ‘Sons of the fourth generation will sit for you on the throne of Israel.’ And so it came to pass.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 15:12, 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 Kgs.15.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.12.W6.S1) and character.