2 Kings 21:10:52 Kgs.21.10.W5TAB
לֵאמֹֽר׃
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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Word in context
- word
le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER ye-ho-VAH be-YAD-a-va-DAV han-ne-vi-IM le-MOR
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lēʾmôr {לֵאמֹֽר | lēʾmôr} ‘saying’ introduces the upcoming oracle. The translation mirrors the Hebrew order of subject, verb, agency, and speaker marker to emphasize the LORD’s spoken word through appointed prophets.
In context — 2 Kings 21:10
And the LORD spoke by the hand of His servants the prophets , saying
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:10:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 21:10, 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.21.10.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.10.W5.S1) and character.