2 Kings 19:9:132 Kgs.19.9.W13TAB
לֵאמֹֽר׃
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
va-ya-SHAV va-yish-LAKH mal-a-KHIM el-khiz-ki-YA-hu le-MOR
- sentence
va-yish-MA el-tir-ha-KA ME-lekh-KUSH le-MOR hi-NE ya-TSA le-hil-la-KHEM it-TAKH va-ya-SHAV va-yish-LAKH mal-a-KHIM el-khiz-ki-YA-hu le-MOR
Exegesis
The infinitive leemor {לֵאמֹר | lēʾmôr} introduces direct speech, with hinneh {הִנֵּה | hinnēh} adding immediacy.
Root and etymology
’-m-r
“to say, speak”
In context — 2 Kings 19:9
And the king of Assyria heard concerning Tirhakah , king of Cush, “Behold, he has gone out to fight against you”; he returned and sent messengers again to Hezekiah to say.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:9:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 19:9, 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 Kgs.19.9.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.9.W13.S1) and character.