2 Samuel 19:11:72 Sam.19.11.W7TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:12

לֵאמֹ֑ר

lemor

saying

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

Meaning by language

English
saying

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Result
לֵא + מֹ֑ר
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

    ve-ha-ME-lekh da-VID sha-LAKH el-tsa-DOK ve-el-e-vya-TAR ha-ko-ha-NIM le-MOR

  3. sentence

    ve-ha-ME-lekh da-VID sha-LAKH el-tsa-DOK ve-el-e-vya-TAR ha-ko-ha-NIM le-MOR dab-be-RU el-zik-NE ye-hu-DA le-MOR LAM-ma tih-yu a-kha-ro-NIM le-ha-SHIV et-ha-ME-lekh el-BE-to u-de-VAR kol-yis-ra-EL BA el-ha-ME-lekh el-BE-to

Exegesis

The infinitive construct leemor {לֵאמֹר | lê·ʾā·môr} introduces the command, with a nested leemor clause framing David’s reproach.

Root and etymology

’-m-r

to say

In context2 Samuel 19:11

And David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar, the priests, saying, “Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, ‘Why are you the last ones to bring back the king to his house? For the word of all Israel has come to the king, to his house.’”

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 19:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 19:11, 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.19.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.11.W7.S1) and character.