2 Kings 19:20:52 Kgs.19.20.W5TAB
לֵאמֹ֑ר
lemor
“to say”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- lee-MOHR
- IPA
- /leːˈʔmoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to say
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-yish-LAKH ye-sha-YA-hu ben-A-mots el-khiz-ki-YA-hu le-MOR
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH ye-sha-YA-hu ben-A-mots el-khiz-ki-YA-hu le-MOR ko-A-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL a-SHER hit-pa-lal-TA e-LAI el-san-KHE-riv ME-lekh-a-SHUR sha-MA-ti
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lemor {לֵאמֹ֑ר | lē-ʾā-mōr} ‘saying’ marks the transition to direct speech.
Root and etymology
’-m-r
“to say, speak”
In context — 2 Kings 19:20
And Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent word to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel : I have heard the prayer you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 19:20, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹ֑ר (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.19.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.20.W5.S1) and character.