Exodus 15:1:9Exod.15.1.W9TAB
לֵאמֹ֑ר
lehmor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- leh-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
leh-MOR
- clause
AZ ya-SHIR-MO-sheh u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL et-ha-shi-RA ha-ZOT la-ye-ho-VAH va-yom-ROO leh-MOR
- sentence
AZ ya-SHIR-MO-sheh u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL et-ha-shi-RA ha-ZOT la-ye-ho-VAH va-yom-ROO leh-MOR a-shi-RA la-ye-ho-VAH ki-ga-OH ga-AA SOOS ve-ROKH-vo ra-MA ba-YAM
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive vayomeru le-emor {וַיֹּאמְרוּ לֵאמֹר | wayyōmerû lêʾōmor} signals the introduction of direct speech.
In context — Exodus 15:1
Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the LORD , saying, “I will sing to the LORD, because He has risen in victory; He has flung the horse and its rider into the sea.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 15:1, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹ֑ר (lehmor) 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 Exod.15.1.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.1.W9.S1) and character.