2 Kings 22:3:152 Kgs.22.3.W15TAB
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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-MOR
- clause
sha-LAKH ham-ME-lekh et-sha-FAN ben-a-zal-YA-hu ben-me-shul-LAM has-so-FER BET ye-ho-VAH le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-HI bish-mo-NE e-se-RE sha-NA lam-ME-lekh yo-shi-YA-hu sha-LAKH ham-ME-lekh et-sha-FAN ben-a-zal-YA-hu ben-me-shul-LAM has-so-FER BET ye-ho-VAH le-MOR
Exegesis
The construct beit YHWH {בֵּית יְהוָה | beyt yəhô-wâh} locates the mission in the sanctuary, while the infinitive lemor {לֵאמֹר | le-ʾamôr} introduces the forthcoming message. The English rendering preserves Hebrew word order and construct relationships to maintain the passage’s formal and theological contours.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-r
“to speak, say”
In context — 2 Kings 22:3
And it happened in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan son of Azaliah son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD to say.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:3:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Kings 22:3, 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.22.3.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.3.W15.S1) and character.