Deuteronomy 19:7:4Deut.19.7.W4TAB
לֵאמֹ֑ר
lemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- leh-MOHR
- IPA
- /leːˈmoːr/
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
al-KEN a-no-KHI me-tsav-KHA le-MOR
- sentence
al-KEN a-no-KHI me-tsav-KHA le-MOR sha-LOSH a-RIM tav-DIL LAKH
Exegesis
The Piel participle metsavvekha {מְצַוְּךָ | mə-ṣav-və-ḵā} ‘I am commanding you’ together with the infinitive leemor {לֵאמֹר | lê-ʾā-mōr} ‘to say’ forms a formulaic marker of direct speech.
In context — Deuteronomy 19:7
Therefore I am commanding you, saying: “You shall set apart three cities for yourself.”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 19:7, 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 Deut.19.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.7.W4.S1) and character.