2 Kings 20:4:112 Kgs.20.4.W11TAB
לֵאמֹֽר׃
lemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- lee-MOHR
- IPA
- /leːˈmoːr/
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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Word in context
- word
le-MOR
- clause
u-de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH ha-YA e-LAV le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-HI ye-sha-YA-hu LO ya-TSA ha-IR kha-TSER ha-ti-kho-NA u-de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH ha-YA e-LAV le-MOR
Exegesis
The conjunction u-dvar-YHWH {וּדְבַר־יְהוָה | û·ḏᵉbār Yᵊhōwâ} ‘and the word of the LORD’ introduces the main clause, with haya {הָיָה | hâyâh} ‘came’ plus the dative elav {אֵלָ֖יו | ʾê·lāyw} ‘to him’ and the infinitive lemor {לֵאמֹֽר | lē·ʾāmôr} ‘to say’ marking reported speech. English fronting of the time clause mirrors the Hebrew emphasis on divine initiative interrupting Isaiah at the moment of departure.
In context — 2 Kings 20:4
Before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court of the city, the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 20:4, 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.20.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.4.W11.S1) and character.