2 Samuel 15:8:72 Sam.15.8.W7TAB
לֵאמֹ֑ר
lemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- lee-MOHR
- IPA
- /leːʔˈmoːr/
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
ki-NE-der na-DAR av-de-KHA be-shiv-TI vig-SHUR ba-a-RAM le-MOR
- sentence
ki-NE-der na-DAR av-de-KHA be-shiv-TI vig-SHUR ba-a-RAM le-MOR im-ya-SHIV ya-SHOV ye-shi-VE-ni ye-ho-VAH ye-ru-sha-LA-im ve-a-vad-TI et-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lēʾmôr {לֵאמֹ֑ר | lēʾmôr} ‘to say’ introduces direct discourse that hinges on the fused conditional ʾim-yeśîḇ {אִם־ישיב | ʾim-yeśîḇ} and the Qere yāšôv {יָשׁ֨וֹב | yāšôv} ‘he returns,’ followed by the causative Hiphil yəšībênî {יְשִׁיבֵ֤נִי | yəšībênî} ‘he restores me.’
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:8
“For your servant made a vow while I was living in Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 15:8, 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.15.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.8.W7.S1) and character.