2 Kings 23:21:42 Kgs.23.21.W4TAB

לֵאמֹ֔ר

lemor

saying

Transliteration
le-MOR
Extended
lee-MOHR
IPA
/leːˈʔmoːr/

Meaning by language

English
saying

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Result
לֵא + מֹ֔ר
le + mor
lemor

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Memm as in mother
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-MOR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    et-KOL-ha-AM le-MOR

  3. clause

    va-ye-TSAV ha-ME-lekh et-KOL-ha-AM le-MOR a-SU PE-sakh la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem

  4. sentence

    va-ye-TSAV ha-ME-lekh et-KOL-ha-AM le-MOR a-SU PE-sakh la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem ka-ka-TUV AL SE-fer ha-be-RIT ha-ZE

Exegesis

The infinitival preposition leemor {לֵאמֹ֔ר | le-ʾemor} ‘saying’ frames the ensuing direct speech.

In context2 Kings 23:21

And the king commanded all the people, saying, “Observe the Passover to the LORD your God , as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”

About this coordinate

2 Kings 23:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 23:21, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹ֔ר (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.23.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.21.W4.S1) and character.