2 Kings 17:26:42 Kgs.17.26.W4TAB
לֵאמֹר֒
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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-MOR
- clause
va-yo-ME-ru le-ME-lekh a-SHUR le-MOR ha-go-YIM a-SHER hig-li-TA va-to-SHEV be-a-RE shom-re-VON LO ya-de-U et-mish-PAT e-lo-HE ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru le-ME-lekh a-SHUR le-MOR ha-go-YIM a-SHER hig-li-TA va-to-SHEV be-a-RE shom-re-VON LO ya-de-U et-mish-PAT e-lo-HE ha-A-rets va-ye-sha-LAKH-BAM et-ha-a-ra-YOT ve-hi-NAM me-mi-TIM o-TAM ka-a-SHER e-NAM yo-de-IM et-mish-PAT e-lo-HE ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The report opens with vayyomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | way-yō-mer-û} ‘and they said,’ followed by lemor {לֵאמֹר | lē-ʾă-môr} ‘saying,’ which introduces direct discourse.
In context — 2 Kings 17:26
And they said to the king of Assyria, “The nations whom you exiled and caused to dwell in the cities of Samaria do not know the ordinance of the God of the land . Therefore He has sent lions among them, and behold, they are killing them because they do not know the ordinance of the God of the land.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 17:26, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹר֒ (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.17.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.26.W4.S1) and character.