Exodus 19:23:12Exod.19.23.W12TAB
לֵאמֹ֔ר
lemor
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-MOR
- Extended
- leh-MOHR
- IPA
- /leːˈmor/
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
KEE-ah-TAH ha-EH-DOH-tah ba-NU le-MOR hag-BEL et-ha-HAR ve-kid-ASH-to
- sentence
vah-yoh-MER mo-SHEH el-ye-ho-VAH lo-yu-KHAL ha-AM la-a-LOT el-HAR see-NAI KEE-ah-TAH ha-EH-DOH-tah ba-NU le-MOR hag-BEL et-ha-HAR ve-kid-ASH-to
Exegesis
The infinitive lemor {לֵאמֹר | lēʾ-mōr} ‘saying’ signals the warning’s content.
In context — Exodus 19:23
Moses said to the LORD , “The people cannot ascend Mount Sinai, because You warned us, saying, ‘Set a boundary around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’”
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:23:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 19:23, so the Hebrew word לֵאמֹ֔ר (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 Exod.19.23.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.23.W12.S1) and character.