2 Samuel 15:13:42 Sam.15.13.W4TAB
לֵאמֹ֑ר
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
va-VA ha-mag-GID el-da-VID le-MOR
- sentence
va-VA ha-mag-GID el-da-VID le-MOR HA-ya lev-ISH yis-ra-EL a-kha-REI av-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lēʾāmôr {לֵאמֹר | lē·ʾā·môr} ‘to say’ introduces direct discourse.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:13
And the messenger came to David and said, “The heart of each man in Israel is with Absalom .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 15:13, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹ֑ר (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.15.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.13.W4.S1) and character.