Deuteronomy 22:17:4Deut.22.17.W4TAB
לֵאמֹר
lemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- ley-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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Word in context
- word
le-MOR
- sentence
ve-hi-NE-HU a-le-HA-SHEM al-de-va-RIM le-MOR lo-ma-TSA-ti le-vit-KHA be-tu-LIM ve-E-le be-tu-LEI bi-TI u-par-SU ha-sim-LA lif-NEI zik-NEI ha-IR
Exegesis
The infinitive lemor {לֵאמֹר | lē-ʾā-môr} ‘saying’ marks the onset of reported speech.
In context — Deuteronomy 22:17
And behold, he has brought accusations, saying, ‘I did not find your daughter a virgin.’ And these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. Then they shall spread out the garment before the elders of the city.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 22:17, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹר (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.22.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.17.W4.S1) and character.