Exodus 15:24:4Exod.15.24.W4TAB
לֵּאמֹ֖ר
lehmor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- leh-MOR
- Extended
- leh-MOHR
- IPA
- /leː.ˈmoːr/
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
- phraseyour reading level
al-mo-SHEH leh-MOR
- sentence
va-yil-LO-nu ha-AM al-mo-SHEH leh-MOR mah-nish-TEH
Exegesis
The infinitive le'emor {לֵאמֹר | lə-ʾē-môr} ‘to say’ functions as a clause connector introducing direct speech, which contains the interrogative mah nishteh {מַה־נִּשְׁתֶּה | māh niš-tēh} ‘what shall we drink.’ In English the VSO structure is rendered as SVO to align with English norms, thereby foregrounding the suffering speakers and clarifying the emergent question.
In context — Exodus 15:24
And the people grumbled against Moses , saying, “What are we to drink?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 15:24, so the Hebrew word לֵּאמֹ֖ר (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.15.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.24.W4.S1) and character.