2 Samuel 14:32:132 Sam.14.32.W13TAB

לֵאמֹ֗ר

lemor

to say

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

Meaning by language

English
to say

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Result
לֵא + מֹ֗ר
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. clause

    va-YO-mer av-sha-LOM el-yo-AV hi-NE sha-lakh-TI e-LE-kha le-MOR BO HE-na ve-esh-le-KHA o-te-KHA el-ha-ME-lekh le-MOR la-MA ba-TI mig-ge-SHUR TOV LI OD a-NI-SHAM

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer av-sha-LOM el-yo-AV hi-NE sha-lakh-TI e-LE-kha le-MOR BO HE-na ve-esh-le-KHA o-te-KHA el-ha-ME-lekh le-MOR la-MA ba-TI mig-ge-SHUR TOV LI OD a-NI-SHAM ve-a-TA e-re-E pe-NE ha-ME-lekh ve-im-yesh-BI a-VON ve-he-mi-TA-ni

Exegesis

The infinitive lemor {לֵאמֹ֡ר | le-ʾemor} ‘saying’ introduces the subordinate clause headed by the imperative bo {בֹּא | bō} ‘come’ and the adverb hennah {הֵ֠נָּה | hennā} ‘here’.

In context2 Samuel 14:32

And Absalom said to Joab, “Behold, I sent for you, saying, ‘Come here so I may send you to the king to say, “Why did I come from Geshur? It would have been better for me to still be there.” Now then, let me see the king’s face and, if there is guilt in me, let him put me to death.’”

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 14:32:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 14:32, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹ֗ר (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 Sam.14.32.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.32.W13.S1) and character.