Exodus 19:12:4Exod.19.12.W4TAB
לֵאמֹ֔ר
lehemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- leh-e-MOR
- Extended
- leh-eh-MOHR
- IPA
- /leʔeˈmoːr/
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-e-MOR
- phraseyour reading level
sa-VIV leh-e-MOR
- clause
veh-hig-bal-TA et-hah-AM sa-VIV leh-e-MOR hi-sham-RU la-KHEM a-LOT ba-HAR oo-ne-GO-a be-ka-TSE-hu
- sentence
veh-hig-bal-TA et-hah-AM sa-VIV leh-e-MOR hi-sham-RU la-KHEM a-LOT ba-HAR oo-ne-GO-a be-ka-TSE-hu kol-ha-no-GEA ba-HAR MOT yu-MAT
Exegesis
The infinitive construct leʾemor {לֵאמֹר | lē-ʾmōr} marks the shift to direct speech.
In context — Exodus 19:12
You shall mark off a boundary for the people all around and say, “Guard yourselves : do not go up the mountain, and do not touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death .”
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 19:12, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹ֔ר (lehemor) 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.19.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.12.W4.S1) and character.